MELES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Meles mean? 

• MELES (noun)
  The noun MELES has 1 sense:

1. in some classifications: type genus of the subfamily Melinae

  Familiarity information: MELES used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MELES (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

In some classifications: type genus of the subfamily Melinae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Meles; Meles

Hypernyms ("Meles" is a kind of...):

mammal genus (a genus of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "Meles"):

Eurasian badger; Meles meles (a variety of badger native to Europe and Asia)

Holonyms ("Meles" is a member of...):

family Mustelidae; Mustelidae (weasels; polecats; ferrets; minks; fishers; otters; badgers; skunks; wolverines; martens)

 Context examples 

In addition to the fox, the team also discovered extinct species of a wooly rhino (Coelodonta thibetana), three-toed horse (Hipparion), Tibetan bharal (Pseudois, known as blue sheep), chiru (Pantholops, known as Tibetan antelope), snow leopard (Uncia), badger (Meles), and 23 other mammals.

("Out of Tibet" hypothesis: Cradle of evolution for cold-adapted mammals is in Tibet, NSF)