Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Maigre"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Maigre \Mai"gre\, a. [F. See {Meager}.]
Belonging to a fast day or fast; as, a maigre day. --Walpole.
{Maigre food} (R. C. Ch.), food allowed to be eaten on fast
days.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Meagre \Mea"gre\, n. [F. maigre.] (Zo["o]l.)
A large European sci[ae]noid fish ({Sci[ae]na umbra} or {S.
aquila}), having white bloodless flesh. It is valued as a
food fish. [Written also {maigre}.]
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
maigre
n : large European marine food fish [syn: {maiger}, {Sciaena
aquila}]
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