Juvenal
noun
Decimus Junius Juvenalis, a.d. c60–140, Roman poet.
Juvenal
American
[joo-vuh-nl]
/ ˈdʒu və nl /
noun
Juvenal
1
British
/ ˈdʒuːvɪnəl /
noun
juvenal
2
British
/ ˈdʒuːvɪnəl /
adjective
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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
Wednesday, Juvenal Solano drove slowly along the cracked roads that border the fields of strawberry and celery that cloak this fertile expanse of Ventura County, his eyes peeled for signs of trouble.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 2025
Juvenal cast his ire toward a gladiatrix named Mevia.
From Salon ● Nov. 26, 2024
Congolese lawmaker Juvenal Munobo, a member of parliament's defence and security commission, expressed reservations about the regional force on Twitter.
From Reuters ● Apr. 22, 2022
Juvenal attributes this quality to oysters, which, in this respect, with cockles and muscles have become vulgarly proverbial: Grandia quæ mediis jam noctibus ostrea mordet.
From Curiosities of Medical Experience by J. G. (John Gideon) Millingen
The juvenal plumage of the Seaside Sparrow resembles that of the Sharp-tailed Sparrow.
From Comparative Breeding Behavior of Ammospiza caudacuta and A. maritima by Glen E. Woolfenden
Occasionally juvenal mice were found in traps in a sluggish and weakened condition, especially in autumn when nights were cool.
From Comparative Ecology of Pinyon Mice and Deer Mice in Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado by Charles L. Douglas
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 Edwin P. Martin
Females retain much of the juvenal pattern of spots and blotches.
From Natural History of the Ornate Box Turtle, Terrapene ornata ornata Agassiz by John M. Legler
Perhaps half the birds seen were in juvenal plumage.
From Vertebrates from the Barrier Island of Tamaulipas, M?xico by Richard F. Johnston
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