white sturgeon

noun

a dark gray sturgeon, Acipenser transmontanus, inhabiting marine and fresh waters along the northwestern coast of North America, valued as a food and sport fish.

Now that the lake was again storm-deviled, the White Sturgeon was gone.

Sailors might fear the White Sturgeon, but if Pieter did, he was not showing his fear.

For his part, the White Sturgeon had no desire to hurt anything.

Mouth agape, the deck hand kept his eyes on that place where the White Sturgeon had disappeared.

Probably the White Sturgeon appeared because, for the moment, the lake had been calm.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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