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maigre

Meagre \Mea"gre\, n. [F. maigre.] (Zo["o]l.) A large European sci[ae]noid fish ( Sci[ae]na umbra or Sci[ae]na aquila), having white bloodless flesh. It is valued as a food fish. [Written also maigre.]

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maigre

a. 1 (context cookery English) Made without meat (and thus permitted to be eaten on a fast day). 2 Belonging to a fast day or fast. n. A kind of fish; the meagre.

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maigre

n. large European marine food fish [syn: maiger, Sciaena aquila]

Usage examples of "maigre".

Mazarini may now be carried to the augmentative Maigre, thin as Lazarus.