Meles

See also: meles

Translingual

Meles spp.

Etymology

From Latin meles (“badger”).

Proper noun

Meles m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Mustelidae – badgers.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria – supercohort; Eutheria – infraclass; Carnivora – order; Caniformia – suborder; Mustelidae – family; Melinae - subfamily

Hyponyms

• (genus): Meles meles (European badger) - type species; Meles anakuma (Japanese badger), Meles leucurus (Asian badger) - other extant species; †Meles hollitzeri, †Meles thorali - extinct species

Derived terms

• †Arctomeles
• Melodon
• Melogale
• Promeles
• Melogna in neapolitan

References

• Meles (genus) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Meles on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Meles on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Meles in Mammal Species of the World^[1] at Bucknell.
• Meles at AnimalBase
• Meles at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Meles at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Meles at Paleobiology Database

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Μέλης (Mélēs), believed to be of Anatolian/Lydian origin, as many rivers in Asia Minor had this name, written this way by the Greeks to give it a Greek meaning.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈme.leːs/, [ˈmɛɫ̪eːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈme.les/, [ˈmɛːles]

Proper noun

Melēs m sg (genitive Melētis); third declension

1. a river of Ionia, celebrated in the antiquity for the healing powers of its water

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Melēs
genitive	Melētis
dative	Melētī
accusative	Melētem
ablative	Melēte
vocative	Melēs

References

• “Meles”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• Meles in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.