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| - | * [[salmon-basse]] | + | * [[insufficient]] |
| - | * [[shade-fish]] | + | * [[scanty]] |
| - | * [[stone basse]] | + | * [[measly]] |
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| - | {{trans-top|fish}} | |
| - | * Danish: {{t|da|almindelig ørnefisk|c}} | |
| - | * Dutch: {{t|nl|ombervis}} | |
| - | * Estonian: {{t|et|kotkaskala}} | |
| - | * Finnish: {{t|fi|kotkakala}} | |
| - | * French: {{t|fr|maigre|m}} | |
| - | {{trans-mid}} | |
| - | * German: {{t|de|Adlerfisch|m}} | |
| - | * Portuguese: {{t|pt|corvina|f}} | |
| - | * Spanish: {{t|es|corvina|f}}, {{t|es|bocca d'oro|f}} | |
| - | * Swedish: {{t|sv|havsgös|c}} | |
| - | {{trans-bottom}} | |
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| ===Etymology 2=== | | ===Etymology 2=== |
Latest revision as of 16:14, 1 October 2011
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From Middle French maigre.
meagre (plural meagres)
- lacking desirable qualities, meager
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From Anglo-Norman megre, Old French maigre, from Latin macer.
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meagre (comparative meagrer, superlative meagrest)
- Having little flesh; lean; thin.
- Deficient or inferior in amount, quality or extent; paltry; scanty; inadequate; unsatisfying.
- A meagre piece of cake in one bite.
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