meagre

CEFRC1

/ˈmiːɡɚ/

adjective · noun

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Having little flesh; lean; thin.
Of a set: such that, considered as a subset of a (usually larger) topological space, it is in a precise sense small or negligible.

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

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He was given a meagre piece of cake that he swallowed in one bite.
Nothing will grow in this meagre soil.
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), grunt...

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It is striking that these represent meagres (Argyrosomus regius), a species never mentioned in classical texts.
2008, Arturo Morales-Muñes, Eufrasia Roselló-Izquierdo, “11: Twenty Thousand Years of Fishing in the Strait”, in Torben C. Rick, Jon M. Erlandson, editors, Human Impacts on Ancien...
Meagres (Argyrosomus regius, 230 cm, 103 kg) have been raised mainly in Spain, France and Italy.
2011, John S. Lucas, Paul C. Southgate, Aquaculture: Farming Aquatic Animals and Plants, unnumbered page
[…]meagre were his looks; / Sharp misery had worn him to the bones:
c. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i]
His education had been but meagre.
1871, John Lothrop Motley, The Rise of the Dutch Republic: A History, volume 1, page 144
It is hardly surprising, therefore, that the present rail passenger service is meagre and between Wetherby and Church Fenton almost non-existent.
1961 February, D. Bertram, “The lines to Wetherby and their traffic”, in Trains Illustrated, page 103

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From Middle French maigre.