Meles

See also: meles

Translingual edit

Meles spp.

Etymology edit

From Latin meles (“badger”).

Proper noun edit

Meles m

A taxonomic genus within the family Mustelidae – badgers.

Hypernyms edit

(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; Mustelinae - subfamily

Hyponyms edit

(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 edit

References edit

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 edit

Etymology edit

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.^[1]

Pronunciation edit

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

Proper noun edit

Melēs m sg (genitive Melētis); third declension

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

Declension edit

Third-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Melēs
Genitive	Melētis
Dative	Melētī
Accusative	Melētem
Ablative	Melēte
Vocative	Melēs

References edit

“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.

^ Alexander, L. (1914). The Kings of Lydia and a Rearrangement of Some Fragments from Nicolaus of Damascus. United States: Princeton University Press, p. 59

[1] Alexander, L. (1914). The Kings of Lydia and a Rearrangement of Some Fragments from Nicolaus of Damascus. United States: Princeton University Press, p. 59

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