meagre

suomi-englanti sanakirja

meagre englannista suomeksi

puutteellinen

kotkakala

meagre englanniksi

An edible fish, of species (taxfmt), of the family (taxfmt), 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 (Polynemidae), groupers (Serranidae), snappers (Lutjanidae)(..).

(quote-book)
Having little flesh; lean; thin.
(RQ:Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet)meagre were his looks; / Sharp misery had worn him to the bones:
Deficient or inferior in amount, quality or extent

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(quote-journal)
Of a set: such that, considered as a subset of a (usually larger) space, it is in a precise sense small or negligible.
Dry and harsh to the touch (e.g., as chalk).
To make lean.
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