Definition of "megrim" in English

noun

1. (now rare) A headache; a migraine.

2. (now rare) A fancy, a whim, a caprice.

3. (in the plural) See megrims (“depression; any of various diseases of animals”).

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noun

1. A flatfish of the genus Lepidorhombus native to the northeastern Atlantic Ocean; specifically, a Cornish sole, sail-fluke, witch or whiff (Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis).