noun. A large European sciænoid fish (Sciæna umbra or Sciæna aquila), having white bloodless flesh. It is valued as a food fish.

noun. An edible fish, Argyrosomus regius.

adjective. Having little flesh; lean; thin.

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

adjective. deficient in amount or quality or extent

"These descriptions shew that the wealth and fertility of the country were praised before its beauty, and that this was only referred to in short, meagre phrases, which tell less about it than any raptures without special knowledge."

bare  exiguous  hand-to-mouth  hardscrabble  measly  

meagrely  meagreness  

adequate  ample  bountiful  copious  forego  

bare  barren  bony  broad  deficient  

maigre