meagre

meagre

1. niukka

2. laiha

Synonyymisanakirja

meagre

vähäinen, niukka, puutteellinen, köyhä, vajavainen, riittämätön, minimaalinen, minimi-, vähimmäis-, riittävyys, tyhjentävyys.

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Englannin sanakirja

meagre (englanti > suomi)

1. kotkakala

meagre englanniksi

1. (taxlink), an edible fish of the family Sciaenidae.

2. 1986, A. Wysokiński, The Living Marine Resources of the Southeast Atlantic, FAO Fisheries Technical Paper 178, http://books.google.com.au/books?id=glAFQXt_PVgC&pg=PA48&dq=%22meagres%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=lRnvUoyXPIiElQWZ_YDgDQ&redir_esc=yv=onepage&q=%22meagres%22&f=false 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)(..).

3. 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, http://books.google.com.au/books?id=Q7cNlDKgUPEC&pg=PA261&dq=%22meagres%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=lRnvUoyXPIiElQWZ_YDgDQ&redir_esc=yv=onepage&q=%22meagres%22&f=false page 261,

It is striking that these represent meagres (Argyrosomus regius), a species never mentioned in classical texts.

4. 2011, John S. Lucas, Paul C. Southgate, Aquaculture: Farming Aquatic Animals and Plants, http://books.google.com.au/books?id=Ff7KI9sKGg0C&pg=PT943&dq=%22meagres%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=lRnvUoyXPIiElQWZ_YDgDQ&redir_esc=yv=onepage&q=%22meagres%22&f=false unnumbered page,

Meagres (Argyrosomus regius, 230 cm, 103 kg) have been raised mainly in Spain, France and Italy.

5. 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.

6. 1597, w:William Shakespeare|William Shakespeare, w:Romeo and Juliet|Romeo and Juliet, Act 5, Scene 1, 1843, William Shakespeare, Samuel Weller Singer (notes), Charles Symmons (life), The Dramatic Works and Poems, Volume 2, http://books.google.com.au/books?id=SSQVAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA462&dq=%22Meagre+were+his+looks;+Sharp+misery+had+worn+him+to+the+bones%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=BCzvUvaXHsTFkwWPh4DwAw&ved=0CC0Q6AEwAAv=onepage&q=%22Meagre%20were%20his%20looks%3B%20Sharp%20misery%20had%20worn%20him%20to%20the%20bones%22&f=false page 462,

(..)meagre were his looks; / Sharp misery had worn him to the bones:

7. deficient Deficient or inferior in amount, quality or extent; paltry; scanty; inadequate; unsatisfying.

8. 1871, w:John Lothrop Motley|John Lothrop Motley, The Rise of the Dutch Republic: A History, Volume 1, http://books.google.com.au/books?id=omgPAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA144&dq=%22His+education+had+been+but+meagre%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=Ri7vUtTqJ8bykQXGpIG4Cw&ved=0CC8Q6AEwAAv=onepage&q=%22His%20education%20had%20been%20but%20meagre%22&f=false page 144,

His education had been but meagre.

9. puhekieltä Of a set: such that, considered as a subset of a (usually larger) topological space, it is in a precise sense small or negligible.

10. puhekieltä Dry and harsh to the touch (e.g., as chalk).

11. puhekieltä To make lean.

12. 1862, w:Robert Thomas Wilson|Robert Thomas Wilson, Herbert Randolph (editor), Life of General Sir Robert Wilson, http://books.google.com.au/books?id=I80JAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA275&dq=%22I+am+meagred+to+a+skeleton%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=IyrvUv7pOsS2kAXg0IC4BA&ved=0CC8Q6AEwAAv=onepage&q=%22I%20am%20meagred%20to%20a%20skeleton%22&f=false 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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