meline

See also: Meline

English

Etymology 1

From Latin mēlīnus.

Adjective

meline (not comparable)

  1. Having the qualities of or relating to a badger.
    • 1894, Isaac Kaufman Funk, A Standard Dictionary of the English Language, page 153, definition of "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.

Etymology 2

Latin melinus (“relating to honey”)

Noun

meline (uncountable)

  1. (Can we verify(+) this sense?) A light yellow color. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Anagrams

Italian

Noun

meline f

  1. plural of melina

Latin

Adjective

meline

  1. vocative masculine singular of melinus
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