melon

noun

• 1the large round fruit of a plant of the gourd family, with sweet pulpy flesh and many seeds.

• 2the Old World plant that yields the melon.

  • Cucumis melo subsp. melo, family Cucurbitaceae: many varieties

• 3 Zoology a mass of waxy material in the head of dolphins and other toothed whales, thought to focus acoustic signals.

• 4a large profit, especially a stock dividend, to be divided among a number of people:you can just see them sitting around the room cutting up the melon in advance