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meline

meline adjective: having the qualities of or relating to a badger.

Adjective

meline (not comparable)

  1. Having the qualities of or relating to a badger.
    • A meline musteloid carnivorous mammal, usually burrowing, nocturnal, and having a flat stout body, short legs with long-clawed toes, and a long snout.1894, Isaac Kaufman Funk, A Standard Dictionary of the English Language, page 153, definition of "badger"

Proper noun capitalized: Meline

Meline (plural Melines)

  1. A surname from French.

Forms of meline

pluralMelines

Origin of meline

From Latin mēlīnus.

Borrowed from French Méline.

Questions about meline

What does meline mean?
Meline means having the qualities of or relating to a badger.
What part of speech is meline?
Meline can be an adjective or a proper noun.

Words near meline in the dictionary

  1. Melina
  2. Melincourt
  3. Melinda
  4. Melinde
  5. Melindwr
  6. meline
  7. Melines
  8. Melinești
  9. Melinga
  10. melinite
  11. melinites

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