meagre
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meagre¹
- /ˈmiːɡəɹ/ US
- /ˈmiːɡə/ UK
Rhymes with -iːɡə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
From Middle French maigre.
noun meagres
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An edible fish, of species Argyrosomus regius, of the family Sciaenidae, found from the Black Sea to the eastern Atlantic.
1986, A. Wysokiński, The Living Marine Resources of the Southeast Atlantic, FAO Fisheries Technical Paper 178, page 48,
Among more valuable species some of them are worth mentioning, especially littoral forms as: meagres and other croakers (Sciaenidae), grunters (Pomadasyidae), threadfins (Polynemid
Similar: salmon-basse, shadefish, stone basse
meagre²
- /ˈmiːɡəɹ/ US
- /ˈmiːɡə/ UK
Rhymes with -iːɡə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
From Middle English megre, borrowed from Anglo-Norman megre, Old French maigre, from Latin macer, macrum, from Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱrós. Cognate with Old English mæġer (“meagre, lean”), Dutch mager (“lean”), German mager (“lean”), Icelandic magur (“lean”).
adjective meagrer · meagrest · meager
- Having little flesh; lean; thin. […]meagre were his looks; / Sharp misery had worn him to the bones:
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Deficient or inferior in amount, quality or extent
Nothing will grow in this meagre soil.
Similar: paltry, scanty, inadequate
- Of a set: such that, considered as a subset of a (usually larger) topological space, it is in a precise sense small or negligible.
- Dry and harsh to the touch (e.g., as chalk).
verb meagres · meagring · meagred · meager
- To make lean. I am meagred to a skeleton; my nose is broiled to flaming heat, and I am suffering the greatest inconvenience from the loss of my baggage which I fear the enemy have taken with my servant at Konigsberg.
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noun Argyrosomus regius
| Español | corvina |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 大西洋白姑魚 /大西洋白姑鱼 Dàxīyáng báigūyú |
| Português | corvina |
| Français | maigre |
| Deutsch | Adlerfisch |
| Italiano | bocca d'oro |
| Русский | обыкнове́нный серебри́стый горбы́ль obyknovénnyj serebrístyj gorbýlʹ |
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title = {meagre},
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