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maigre
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun maigre has 1 sense
- maigre(n = noun.animal) maiger, sciaena aquila - large European marine food fish; Array is a kind of sciaenid, sciaenid fish
is a member of genus sciaena, sciaena
CIDE DICTIONARY
maigre, a. [F. See Meager.].
Belonging to a fast day or fast; as, a maigre day. Walpole. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
maigre, adj. RC Ch.
1 (of a day) on which abstinence from meat is ordered.
2 (of food) suitable for eating on maigre days.
1 (of a day) on which abstinence from meat is ordered.
2 (of food) suitable for eating on maigre days.
Etymology
F, lit. lean: cf. MEAGRE
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