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· Old French
maigre
2 English words descend from Old French
maigre
, most common first.
meager
Having little flesh; lean; thin.
meagre
An edible fish, of species Argyrosomus regius, of the family Sciaenidae, found from the Black Sea to the eastern Atlantic.