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meagre | minimal |

As adjectives the difference between meagre and minimal

is that meagre is having little flesh; lean; thin while minimal is the smallest possible amount, quantity, or degree.

As a noun meagre

is species: Argyrosomus regius, an edible fish of the family Sciaenidae.

As a verb meagre

is to make lean.

meagre

English

(wikipedia meagre)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) maigre.

Noun

(en noun)
  • , an edible fish of the family Sciaenidae.
  • * 1986 , A. Wysoki?ski, 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).
  • * 2008 , Arturo Morales-Muñes, Eufrasia Roselló-Izquierdo, 11: Twenty Thousand Years of Fishing in the Strait'', Torben C. Rick, Jon M. Erlandson (editors), ''Human Impacts on Ancient Marine Ecosystems: A Global Perspective , page 261,
    • It is striking that these represent meagres (Argyrosomus regius ), a species never mentioned in classical texts.
  • * 2011 , John S. Lucas, Paul C. Southgate, Aquaculture: Farming Aquatic Animals and Plants , unnumbered page,
    • Meagres (Argyrosomus regius , 230 cm, 103 kg) have been raised mainly in Spain, France and Italy.
    Synonyms
    * (salmon-basse), (shade-fish), (stone basse)
    Hypernyms
    * (fish of family Sciaenidae) croaker, drum, drumfish, hardhead, sciaenid
    Derived terms
    * (brown meagre) ()

    External links

    * (Argyrosomus regius) * (Argyrosomus regius) * (Argyrosomus regius)

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) megre, from (etyl) megre, (etyl) maigre, from (etyl) macer, from (etyl) ..

    Alternative forms

    * meager (US)

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Having little flesh; lean; thin.
    • Nothing will grow in this meagre soil.
    He was given meagre piece of cake that he swallowed in one bite.
  • * 1597 , '', Act 5, Scene 1, 1843, William Shakespeare, Samuel Weller Singer (notes), Charles Symmons (life), ''The Dramatic Works and Poems , Volume 2, page 462,
    • meagre were his looks; / Sharp misery had worn him to the bones:
  • Deficient or inferior in amount, quality or extent; paltry; scanty; inadequate; unsatisfying.
  • * 1871 , , The Rise of the Dutch Republic: A History , Volume 1, page 144,
    • His education had been but meagre .
  • (mineralogy) Dry and harsh to the touch (e.g., as chalk).
    • Derived terms
    * meagrely * meagreness

    Verb

    (meagr)
  • To make lean.
  • * 1862 , , Herbert Randolph (editor), Life of General Sir Robert Wilson , page 275,
    • I am meagred to a skeleton; my nose is broiled to flaming heat, and I am suffering the greatest inconvenience from the loss of my baggage which I fear the enemy have taken with my servant at Konigsberg.

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    minimal

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • The smallest possible amount, quantity, or degree.
  • (arts) characterised by the use of simple form or structures.
  • (music) characterised by the repetition and gradual alteration of short phrases.

    • Derived terms

    * minimally * minimal pair

    Antonyms

    * maximal