mauger

/ ˈmɔːɡə /

adjective

1. (of persons or animals) thin or lean

Word History and Origins

Origin of mauger¹

from Du. mager thin, meagre

Example Sentences

“There could be places where agriculture is no longer viable,” says Guillaume Mauger, a scientist in the university’s Climate Impacts Group who worked on the projections.

From National Geographic

As spring turns to summer, snowpack acts as a giant and frozen reservoir, melting gradually and flowing into the state’s relatively small, dammed reservoirs, when there is room to spare, said Guillaume Mauger, a research scientist with UW’s Climate Impacts Group.

From Seattle Times

Washington’s annual peak mountain snowpack can hold as much as 25 million acre-feet, according to Mauger and his colleague, Matt Rogers.

From Seattle Times

One of the individuals involved in the fight gave Detroit News' Craig Mauger a warning for any would-be future Michigan brawlers:

From Salon

In the initial search and rescue operations, 20 assets from the surface, sea and air completed “39 search and rescue sorties,” or takeoff and landing rescue missions, totaling 13,000 square miles, Mauger said.

From Los Angeles Times