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MAIGRE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does maigre mean?
• MAIGRE (noun)
The noun MAIGRE has 1 sense:
1. large European marine food fish
Familiarity information: MAIGRE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large European marine food fish
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
maiger; maigre; Sciaena aquila
Hypernyms ("maigre" is a kind of...):
sciaenid; sciaenid fish (widely distributed family of carnivorous percoid fishes having a large air bladder used to produce sound)
Holonyms ("maigre" is a member of...):
genus Sciaena; Sciaena (type genus of the Sciaenidae: croakers)
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