| MEL | a genus of Melolonthidae |
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| MEL | any of various large European beetles destructive to vegetation as both larvae and adult |
| MEL | any of various beetles of the family (or subfamily) Melolonthidae |
| MEL | considered a separate family in some classification systems |
| MEL | any of numerous fruits of the gourd family having a hard rind and sweet juicy flesh |
| MEL | any of various fruit of cucurbitaceous vines including: muskmelons |
| MEL | a bite of melon cut as a sphere |
| MEL | tropical American shrub or small tree having huge deeply palmately cleft leaves and large oblong yellow fruit |
| MEL | any of various fruit of cucurbitaceous vines including: muskmelons |
| MEL | an arthropod genus of wingless flies including the sheep ked |
| MEL | wingless fly that is an external parasite on sheep and cattle |
| MEL | a genus of Psittacidae |