Meaning of megrim | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A headache; a migraine.
   archaic
2. A flatfish of the genus Lepidorhombus native to the northeastern Atlantic Ocean; specifically, a Cornish sole, sail-fluke, witch or whiff (Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis).
3. A fancy, a whim, a caprice.
   archaic
4. See megrims (“depression; any of various diseases of animals”).
   in-plural

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Examples

“For quotations using this term, see⟳ Citations:megrim.”

“MEGRIM (LEPIDORHOMBUS WHIFFIAGONIS)[…]NOTE⟳: In Ireland,this species is often called "witch", a name⟳ that properly belongs to the craigfluke, Glyptocephalus cynaglossus, which is a right-handed flatfish. Both species are marketed as "white sole."”

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