sturgeon
Any of the marine or freshwater fish of the family Acipenseridae that are prized for…Any of the marine or freshwater fish of the family Acipenseridae that are prized for their roe and are endemic to temperate seas and rivers of the northern hemisphere, especially central Eurasia.
» Scientists are trying to reintroduce the sturgeon to rivers where it once freely migrated.
Meaning
1 sensesAny of the marine or freshwater fish of the family Acipenseridae that are prized for their roe and are endemic to temperate seas and rivers of the northern hemisphere, especially central Eurasia.
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- large primitive fishes valued for their flesh and roe; widely distributed in the North Temperate Zone
Examples
7 sentencesScientists are trying to reintroduce the sturgeon to rivers where it once freely migrated.
Sturgeons can live for over a hundred years and reach gigantic size.
In that museum, they keep a skeleton of a giant sturgeon found a century ago.
The sturgeon is a large fish known for its valuable eggs, from which caviar is made.
Sturgeons can sometimes live for over 50 years, growing so large that few predators hunt them.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English sturgiun, sturjoun, from Old French estorjoun (“sturgeon”), from FrankFrom Middle English sturgiun, sturjoun, from Old French estorjoun (“sturgeon”), from Frankish *sturjō, from Proto-Germanic *sturjô (“sturgeon”).
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Forms
plural: sturgeon / sturgeonsSynonyms
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