menil

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adjective

Covered with spots; speckled; variegated.

“a menil buck”

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Meanings

adjectivemenil (comparative more menil, superlative most menil)

comparative more menil · superlative most menil · alternative menel

  1. especially a deerCovered with spots; speckled; variegated.

    a menil buck

Origin

Uncertain. In old works, other spellings are mentioned (or rarely, used), including menald, menild, mennal. Perhaps from meanelled, from the also-obscure old term meanels, used for spots on the coats of horses.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

menil. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/menil

MLA

“menil.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/menil. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “menil,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/menil.

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