Meles

meles Translingual thumb|Meles spp. Etymology From mul la meles badger. Proper noun 1 m genus family Mustelidae badgers Hypernyms genus ; Melinae subfamily subfamily Hyponyms genus Meles meles species (European badger) type species; Meles anakuma species (Japanese badger), Meles leucurus species (Asian badger) other extant species; †Meles hollitzeri species, †Meles thorali species extinct species Derived terms †Arctomeles genus Melodon genus Melogale genus Promeles genus Melogna genus in neapolitan References Meles (genus) 1 1 14001275 genus 187 621806 35940 9661 41129 mul Mustelids Latin Etymology Borrowed from la grc Μέλης, believed to be of la ine-ana -/la xld - origin, as many rivers in Asia Minor had this name, written this way by the Greeks to give it a Greek meaning.Alexander, L. (1914). The Kings of Lydia and a Rearrangement of Some Fragments from Nicolaus of Damascus. United States: Princeton University Press, p. 59 Pronunciation Melēs Proper noun Melēs/Melēt<3> m a river of Ionia, celebrated in the antiquity for the healing powers of its water Declension Melēs/Melēt<3> References la Rivers Turkey