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sevruga

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sev⋅ru⋅ga

[suh-vroo-guh]
–noun
1. a species of sturgeon, Acipenser stellatus, of the Caspian and Black seas.
2. a gray caviar from the roe of this fish.
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sev·ru·ga   (sə-vrōō'gə)   
n.  
  1. A sturgeon (Acipenser stellatus) of the Caspian Sea, whose small gray roe is used for caviar.

  2. Caviar made from the roe of the sevruga.


[Russian sevryuga, from Tatar söirök.]
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