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Meaning of meagre | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
/ˈmiːɡɚ/

Definitions

An edible fish, of species Argyrosomus regius, of the family Sciaenidae, found from the Black Sea to the eastern Atlantic.

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Examples

“1986, A. Wysokiński, 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) […] .”
“It is striking that these represent meagres (Argyrosomus regius), a species never mentioned in classical texts.”
“Meagres (Argyrosomus regius, 230 cm, 103 kg) have been raised mainly in Spain, France and Italy.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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