"mini-mal" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: mini-mals [plural]
Etymology: Etymology tree Italian miniaturabor. English miniature English mini- English mal English mini-mal From mini- + mal. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|mini-|mal|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Italian miniaturabor. English miniature English mini- English mal English mini-mal [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Italian", "term" : "miniatura", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "it" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "miniature", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "mini-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "mal", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "mini-mal", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="mini-mal"> From mini- + mal. Head templates: {{en-noun}} mini-mal (plural mini-mals)
  1. (surfing) A type of surfboard which is similar in shape to a mal (i.e. a malibu, or longboard) but shorter, being perhaps 7 to 8 feet where a mal is about 9 feet (surfboards are always measured in feet, even in metric countries).

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