Meagre

/ˈmiːɡɚ/ · noun

Meaning

An edible fish, of species Argyrosomus regius, of the family Sciaenidae, found from the Black Sea to the eastern Atlantic..

Definitions by Sense

1. An edible fish, of species Argyrosomus regius, of the family Sciaenidae, found from the Black Sea to the eastern Atlantic.
2. Having little flesh; lean; thin.
3. Deficient or inferior in amount, quality or extent
4. (set theory) Of a set: such that, considered as a subset of a (usually larger) topological space, it is in a precise sense small or negligible.
5. (mineralogy) Dry and harsh to the touch (e.g., as chalk).
6. (transitive) To make lean.

Example Sentences

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 (Polynemidae), groupers (Serranidae), snappers (Lutjanidae) […] .

It is striking that these represent meagres (Argyrosomus regius), a species never mentioned in classical texts.

Meagres (Argyrosomus regius, 230 cm, 103 kg) have been raised mainly in Spain, France and Italy.

[…]meagre were his looks; / Sharp misery had worn him to the bones:

Nothing will grow in this meagre soil.

He was given a meagre piece of cake that he swallowed in one bite.

His education had been but meagre.

It is hardly surprising, therefore, that the present rail passenger service is meagre and between Wetherby and Church Fenton almost non-existent.

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Word Forms

• meagres
• meagrer
• meagrest
• meager
• meagring
• meagred

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