Definition of "melo" [melo]

• A genus of rachiglossate gastropods of the family Volutidæ, closely related to Cymbium; the melon-shells. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "We understand not wanting to be pigeonholed as a CW actress, but with her lauded comedic skills and flair for drama - both straight up and "melo" - she ought to be hustling for meaty roles that will give her carte blanche down the road."
• "This last expression melo 'haggoyim -- "the fulness of peoples" with the article means: he shall constitute a real multitude of people"
• "He says that _Abel_ is neither a tragedy, a comedy, a drama, a tragi-comedy, nor a Greek tragedy, which last would, he thinks, be correctly described as melo-tragedy."