sturgeon
any of various large fishes of the family Acipenseridae, inhabiting fresh and salt waters in the North Temperate Zone, valued for their flesh and as a source of caviar and isinglass: Acipenser brevirostrum(shortnose sturgeon ), of the Atlantic coast, is a vulnerable species.
Origin of sturgeon
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Theodore (Hamilton), 1918–85, U.S. science-fiction writer.
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How to use sturgeon in a sentence
The fish caught in this river often grow to gigantic proportions; its sturgeons, lampreys, and salmon, are highly prized.
The Story of Russia | R. Van Bergen, M.A.Scaphirhynchus, skaf-i-ring′kus, n. a genus of tyrant-flycatchers: the shovel-heads or shovel-nosed sturgeons.
The Indians in one night will commonly catch thirty sturgeons in a place where the river is not above three fathom broad.
The Stronghold | Miriam HaynieHe is the son of a fish-vendor, grown rich by selling salted sturgeons in the market-place.
Marzio's Crucifix and Zoroaster | F. Marion CrawfordI found them to be pretty large sturgeons, besides salmon, large trout, and many other fishes.
The Swiss Family Robinson; or Adventures in a Desert Island | Johann David Wyss
British Dictionary definitions for sturgeon
/ (ˈstɜːdʒən) /
any primitive bony fish of the family Acipenseridae, of temperate waters of the N hemisphere, having an elongated snout and rows of spines along the body: valued as a source of caviar and isinglass
Origin of sturgeon
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