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menil

menil adjective: covered with spots; speckled; variegated.

Adjective

menil (comparative more menil, superlative most menil)

  1. (especially a deer) Covered with spots; speckled; variegated.
    • a menil buck

Forms of menil

comparativemore menil
superlativemost menil
alternative formmenel

Origin of menil

Uncertain. In old works, other spellings are mentioned (or rarely, used), including menald, menild, mennal. Perhaps from meanelled, from the also-obscure old term meanels, used for spots on the coats of horses.

Questions about menil

What does menil mean?
Menil means covered with spots; speckled; variegated.
What part of speech is menil?
Menil is an adjective.

Words near menil in the dictionary

  1. menids
  2. Menifee
  3. Menifee County
  4. menigioencephalomyelitis
  5. menigoencephalitis
  6. menil
  7. menilite
  8. menilites
  9. Menindee
  10. Menindee clover
  11. Meninga

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