Juvenal
noun
Decimus Junius Juvenalis, a.d. c60–140, Roman poet.
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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
Dairo Juvenal Mucutuy, another uncle, told local media that one of kids said he wanted to start walking.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 11, 2023
On the frequency of artificial abortion, see Juvenal, VI, 594.
From Principles of Political Economy, Vol. II by Wilhelm Roscher
Ralph J. Donahue told me that he saw an adult T. ornata attack a juvenal T. carolina, and provided a photograph of the incident.
From Natural History of the Ornate Box Turtle, Terrapene ornata ornata Agassiz by John M. Legler
Juvenal Seaside Sparrows, which spend most of their time concealed in the dense grass, resemble adult and juvenal Sharp-tailed Sparrows in plumage.
From Comparative Breeding Behavior of Ammospiza caudacuta and A. maritima by Glen E. Woolfenden
Subadults: Subadult pelage having mostly replaced juvenal pelage; mice often as large as adults; testes of males often abdominal in breeding season; gray juvenal pelage may persist on head of some individuals.
From Comparative Ecology of Pinyon Mice and Deer Mice in Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado by Charles L. Douglas
Most juvenal males did not have scrotal testes, and many juveniles that appeared repeatedly in traps from mid-July through late October did not attain breeding condition.
From Comparative Ecology of Pinyon Mice and Deer Mice in Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado by Charles L. Douglas
I conclude that juvenal and young mice placed under stress by overheating or cooling die immediately or live only a few days.
From Comparative Ecology of Pinyon Mice and Deer Mice in Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado by Charles L. Douglas
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