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meagres

meagres is the plural of meagre.

Meaning of meagre

Noun

meagre (plural meagres)

  1. An edible fish, of species Argyrosomus regius, of the family Sciaenidae, found from the Black Sea to the eastern Atlantic.
    • 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) […] .1986, A. Wysokiński, The Living Marine Resources of the Southeast Atlantic, FAO Fisheries Technical Paper 178, page 48
    Synonyms:
    salmon-basse, shadefish, stone basse

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Questions about meagres

What is meagres the plural of?
Meagres is the plural of meagre.

Words near meagres in the dictionary

  1. meagred
  2. meagrely
  3. meagreness
  4. meagrenesses
  5. meagrer
  6. meagres
  7. meagrest
  8. meagring
  9. meagrom
  10. meagroms
  11. meak

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