melanure

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μελάνουρος (melánouros, “saddled sea bream”) from μελανός (melanós) (genitive of μέλας (mélas, “black”)) + οὐρά (ourá, “tail”).

Noun

melanure (plural melanures)

  1. (obsolete) A small fish of the Mediterranean, Oblada melanura

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for melanure in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Latin

Noun

melanūre

  1. vocative singular of melanūrus
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