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meloncillo

Spanish, noun

meloncillo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “the Egyptian mongoose, Herpestes ichneumon” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does meloncillo mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinethe Egyptian mongoose, Herpestes ichneumon

  2. 2

    masculineCapparis tweediana

  3. 3

    masculineAgonandra

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Forms of meloncillo

  • meloncillos plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to meloncillo

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is meloncillo in Spanish?

meloncillo appears about once in every 79 million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).