"meline" meaning in English

See meline in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: From Latin mēlīnus. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|mēlīnus}} Latin mēlīnus Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} meline (not comparable)
  1. Having the qualities of or relating to a badger. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-meline-en-adj-NcX-lJCZ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 96 4 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 97 3
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Etymology: Latin melinus (“relating to honey”) Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|melinus||relating to honey}} Latin melinus (“relating to honey”) Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} meline (uncountable)
  1. A light yellow color. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Yellows, Zoology
    Sense id: en-meline-en-noun-GSdIWps1 Disambiguation of Yellows: 12 88 Disambiguation of Zoology: 33 67
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

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