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• Juvenal
  Juvenal

  noun

  Decimus Junius Juvenalis, a.d. c60–140, Roman poet.
• juvenal
  juvenal

  adjective

  ornithol a variant spelling (esp US) of juvenile

Juvenal

American  

[joo-vuh-nl] / ˈdʒu və nl /

noun

1. Decimus Junius Juvenalis, a.d. c60–140, Roman poet.

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Juvenal ¹ British  

/ ˈdʒuːvɪnəl /

noun

1. Latin name Decimus Junius Juvenalis. ?60–?140 _ad , Roman satirist. In his 16 verse satires, he denounced the vices of imperial Rome

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juvenal ² British  

/ ˈdʒuːvɪnəl /

adjective

1. ornithol a variant spelling (esp US) of juvenile

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Juvenal was a satirist, she says, not an objective reporter; he may have been wryly speculating.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 27, 2026

Roman poet Juvenal coined the phrase “bread and circuses” nearly 2,000 years ago for the extravagant entertainment the Roman Empire used to distract attention from imperial policies that caused widespread discontent.

From Salon ● Jul. 30, 2024

Dairo Juvenal Mucutuy, another uncle, told local media that one of kids said he wanted to start walking.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 11, 2023

Hutu politician Juvenal Habyarimana died in April 1994 when his plane was downed near Kigali airport by rockets.

From Reuters ● Feb. 15, 2022

So refined was the taste of the ancient bons vivans, that Montanus, according to Juvenal, would proclaim, at the first bite, whether an oyster was of English produce or not.

From Curiosities of Medical Experience by Millingen, J. G. (John Gideon)

Females retain much of the juvenal pattern of spots and blotches.

From Natural History of the Ornate Box Turtle, Terrapene ornata ornata Agassiz by Legler, John M.

Perhaps half the birds seen were in juvenal plumage.

From Vertebrates from the Barrier Island of Tamaulipas, M?xico by Johnston, Richard F.

One of the more striking journeys between captures was that of number 59, a juvenal male of P. maniculatus, which traveled 1,070 feet between captures on July 16 and 17, 1963.

From Comparative Ecology of Pinyon Mice and Deer Mice in Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado by Douglas, Charles L.

Juveniles were caught in relatively small numbers because of their restricted movements, and no way to determine prenatal and juvenal mortality was available.

From A Population Study of the Prairie Vole (Microtus ochrogaster) in Northeastern Kansas by Martin, Edwin P.

The plastron of a juvenal box turtle is not completely immovable.

From Natural History of the Ornate Box Turtle, Terrapene ornata ornata Agassiz by Legler, John M.