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Melios Zoo
Melios Zoo (Melios Zoo Park) is a private zoo in Agioi Trimithias, Nicosia, Cyprus, owned by Menelaos Menelaou and operating since 2000. Its zoo licence expired in 2017, courts ordered its closure in 2026, and it still operates unlicensed amid animal rehoming delays.
Meliphagidae
Meliphagidae (honeyeaters) is an Australasian passerine bird family, Vigors 1825, of about 174-195 nectar-feeding species in 44-51 genera, defined by brush-tipped specialized tongues and centered on Australia and New Guinea.
Melipona
Melipona (Illiger, 1806) is a genus of over 50 Neotropical stingless bee species (Meliponini, Apidae) from Mexico to Argentina, eusocial, able to recruit nestmates by sound pulses, and farmed in meliponiculture for scarce, high-value honey.
Meliponiculture
Meliponiculture is the practice of keeping stingless bees in hive boxes for honey, pollination, and conservation, distinct from honey bee keeping and yielding only about one or two liters of honey per colony yearly.
Melis N. Anahtar
Melis N. Anahtar, also known as Melis Anahtar, is a physician-scientist in clinical microbiology and pathology at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School who co-founded Day Zero Diagnostics.
Melisa Aslı Pamuk
Melisa Aslı Pamuk, Dutch-born Turkish actress and model (born 1991, Haarlem), Miss Turkey 2011 who represented Turkey at Miss Universe 2011, known for Kara Sevda and Çarpışma, married to Yusuf Yazıcı.
Melisandre
Melisandre of Asshai, the Red Woman, is a red priestess of R'hllor and shadowbinder in George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire and HBO's Game of Thrones, advisor to Stannis Baratheon, portrayed by Carice van Houten, alive in the books as of A Dance with Dragons.
Melisende of Jerusalem
Melisende of Jerusalem was queen of the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem from 1131, ruling with Fulk V of Anjou and later her son Baldwin III.
Melisma
Melisma (plural melismas, melismata) is singing several notes to one syllable, from Greek mélisma. Found in Gregorian chant's jubilus, coloratura, gospel, and R&B; popularized in pop by Mariah Carey and Whitney Houston.
Melissa
Melissa (Greek Μέλισσα, "bee") is a feminine given name of Greek origin, tied to nymph mythology and priestess titles, spread by Ariosto's Orlando Furioso, used in English since the 18th century, and a top-ten-style US favorite around 1979.
Melissa (music)
Melissa is the 1983 debut album by Danish heavy metal band Mercyful Fate, released by Roadrunner Records, known for occult lyrics and its influence on black metal.
Melissa (musician)
Melissa is a pop-rock and ballad singer born in Lima, Peru, who became a star of the Venezuelan music scene in the 1980s as the «Reina del Rock».
Melissa & Joey
Melissa & Joey is an ABC Family sitcom (2010–2015, four seasons, 104 episodes) starring Melissa Joan Hart and Joey Lawrence, created after their TV movie My Fake Fiance, about a politician and a "manny" raising her niece and nephew.
Melissa Auf der Maur
Melissa Auf der Maur (born 1972, Montreal) is a Canadian bassist and photographer, bassist for Hole (1994–1999) and the Smashing Pumpkins (1999–2000), solo albums Auf Der Maur (2004) and Bass Womb Room (2026), memoir Even the Good Girls Will Cry.
Melissa Barrera
Melissa Barrera (Melissa Barrera Martínez), Mexican actress from Monterrey born 1990; star of In the Heights, Scream and Scream VI; fired from Scream 7 in 2023 over Palestine advocacy; Broadway debut in Titanique.
Melissa Bean
Melissa Bean is an American Democratic politician who represented Illinois's 8th District in the U.S. House from 2005 to 2011 and is the Democratic nominee for the seat in 2026.
Melissa Belote
Melissa Belote (Belote Ripley), American swimmer born 1956, won three golds at the 1972 Munich Olympics in the 100 and 200 backstroke and medley relay, set world records, and later coached in Arizona.
Melissa Benoist
Melissa Benoist (born 1988, Littleton, Colorado) is an American actress and singer known as Marley Rose on Glee and Kara Zor-El in Supergirl (2015–2021, 126 episodes), later in The Girls on the Bus and The Waterfront.
Mélissa Bethi
Mélissa Bethi, born 2005 in Firminy, France, is an Algerian international midfielder who rose through Lyon, broke out at FC Nantes, and joined Washington Spirit in the NWSL in July 2026.
Melissa Blake (writer)
Melissa Blake (born 1981) is an American freelance writer, blogger of So About What I Said, and disability activist from DeKalb, Illinois, with Freeman-Sheldon syndrome, known for the viral 2019 #MyBestSelfie selfie campaign and the 2024 memoir Beautiful People.
Melissa Bottema
Melissa Bottema (Miss Grand Netherlands 2023, Miss Nederland 2026) is a Dutch model and gymnastics coach from Winsum, Groningen. Fifth runner-up at Miss Grand International 2023 and the first Dutch woman in its top 10, she competes at Miss Universe in Puerto Rico and advocates against bullying.
Melissa Bulanhagui
Melissa Bulanhagui, born 1990 in Philadelphia, is a Filipino-American figure skater who competed for Team USA until 2010, then for the Philippines (two-time national champion, Four Continents 2013 and 2015), and since 2019 works as adult performer Jada Kai.
Melissa Caddick
Melissa Caddick was an Australian financial adviser who ran a Ponzi scheme through her company Maliver Pty Ltd, defrauding more than 60 investors of $20 to $30 million before vanishing in 2020.
Melissa Claire Egan
Melissa Claire Egan (born 1981, Pound Ridge, New York) is an American soap opera actress who played Annie Lavery on All My Children and Chelsea Lawson on The Young and the Restless, earning eight Daytime Emmy nominations.
Melissa Coates
Melissa Coates (1969-2021), Canadian IFBB bodybuilder who won her pro debut at the 1996 Jan Tana Classic, then wrestled as Super Genie, valet of Sabu; died of COVID-19 complications in Las Vegas.
Melissa Collazo
Melissa Collazo (born 2000, Orlando, Florida) is an American actress of Puerto Rican descent known for Caitlyn Torres in Motorheads, Maeve Rojas in One of Us Is Lying, and Ryler in Freaky.
Melissa Cregger
Melissa Cregger is an American microbial ecologist and senior staff scientist at Oak Ridge National Laboratory who studies plant-microbe-soil interactions and won the 2025 Presidential Early Career Award.
Melissa Cross
Melissa Cross, the "Scream Queen," is a New York vocal coach who created The Zen of Screaming (2005), coined "fry screaming," and has trained over 250 rock and metal artists in safe distorted vocal technique.
Melissa Damian
Melissa Damian, born 1968 in Miami, is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge for the Southern District of Florida since 2024, appointed by President Biden.
Melissa De Sousa
Melissa De Sousa (born 1967) is an American actress of Afro-Panamanian descent, a former Alvin Ailey dancer known for Shelby in The Best Man films, Black Lightning, and an NAACP Image Award nomination.