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
Juvenal cast his ire toward a gladiatrix named Mevia.
From Salon ● Nov. 26, 2024
Hutu politician Juvenal Habyarimana died in April 1994 when his plane was downed near Kigali airport by rockets.
From Reuters ● Feb. 15, 2022
Juvenal “Juve” Quintana was never really into politics until he learned about Bernie Sanders’ first presidential campaign.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 16, 2019
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 Millingen, J. G. (John Gideon)
Three age classes, juvenal, subadult and adult, were separated on the basis of condition of pelage.
From A Population Study of the Prairie Vole (Microtus ochrogaster) in Northeastern Kansas by Martin, Edwin P.
The holotype of C. sonoriensis is a young female, older than the holotype of C. pediculus, and approximately midway between the juvenal and subadult stages.
From Comments on the Taxonomy and Geographic Distribution of Some North American Marsupials, Insectivores and Carnivores by Hall, E. Raymond (Eugene Raymond)
The juvenal pelage is uniformly dusky gray throughout except for the paler gray on the venter.
From Speciation and Evolution of the Pygmy Mice, Genus Baiomys by Packard, Robert L.
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 Legler, John M.
In juvenal turtles and in young adults, major growth-rings are distinct and deep.
From Natural History of the Ornate Box Turtle, Terrapene ornata ornata Agassiz by Legler, John M.
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