stur·geon

(stûr′jən)

Any of various large freshwater and marine fishes of the family Acipenseridae of the Northern Hemisphere, having ganoid scales and edible flesh and valued for their roe, which is used for caviar, and their swim bladders, which are used to make isinglass.

[Middle English, from Anglo-Norman, from Old French estourgeon, of Germanic origin.]

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sturgeon

(ˈstɜːdʒən)

(Animals) 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

[C13: from Old French estourgeon, of Germanic origin; related to Old English styria, Old High German sturio]

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stur•geon

(ˈstɜr dʒən)

n., pl. (esp. collectively) -geon, (esp. for kinds or species) -geons.

any of the large fresh- and saltwater ganoid fishes of the family Acipenseridae, valued for their flesh and as a source of caviar and isinglass.

[1250–1300; < Old French esturgeon < Germanic]

stur·geon

(stûr′jən)

Any of various large, primitive freshwater or saltwater fish having bony plates rather than true scales on its body. It is widely used for food, and its roe is a source of caviar.

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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun

sturgeon - large primitive fishes valued for their flesh and roe; widely distributed in the North Temperate Zone

ganoid, ganoid fish - primitive fishes having thick bony scales with a shiny covering

Acipenseridae, family Acipenseridae - sturgeons

Acipenser transmontanus, Pacific sturgeon, Sacramento sturgeon, white sturgeon - food and game fish of marine and fresh waters of northwestern coast of North America

Acipenser huso, beluga, hausen, white sturgeon - valuable source of caviar and isinglass; found in Black and Caspian seas

Translations

سَمَك الحَفَش يُؤْخَذ منه الكافيار

jeseter

stør

Stör Lachs

esturión

sampi

esturgeon

jesetra

styrja

storione

eršketas

store

steur

stør

jesiotr

esturjão

jeseter

stör

mersin balığı

鲟

sturgeon

[ˈstɜːdʒən] N → esturión m

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

sturgeon

[ˈstɜː^rdʒ^ən] n → esturgeon m

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

sturgeon

n → Stör m

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

sturgeon

[ˈstɜːdʒ/ən] n → storione m

sturgeon

(ˈstəːdʒən) – plurals ˈsturgeon ~ˈsturgeons – noun

a type of large fish from which caviare is obtained.

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"I've come down to fish sturgeon a couple of months," he said to Carmintel.

"But what are you going to do about his fishing for sturgeon? He's bound to fish with a 'Chinese line.'"

Such a fish is the sturgeon, which goes rooting along like a pig, and indeed is often called "pig-fish." Pricked by the first hook it touches, the sturgeon gives a startled leap and comes into contact with half a dozen more hooks.

The bight we knew to be good ground for sturgeon, and there we felt sure the King of the Greeks intended to begin operations.

We could see him quite plainly, gaffing the sturgeon and throwing them into the boat while his companion ran the line and cleared the hooks as he dropped them back into the water.

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There are two royal fish so styled by the English law writers -- the whale and the sturgeon; both royal property under certain limitations, and nominally supplying the tenth branch of the crown's ordinary revenue.

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For this purpose there had been a gathering of warriors in a neighboring bay, under pretex of fishing for sturgeon; and fleets of canoes were expected to join them from the north and South.

Early in August, a wandering band of savages from the Strait of Juan de Fuca made their appearance at the mouth of the Columbia, where they came to fish for sturgeon. They brought disastrous accounts of the Tonquin, which were at first treated as fables, but which were too sadly confirmed by a different tribe that arrived a few days subsequently.

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In a still more indirect way, he was helped by Morse's invention of the telegraph; by Faraday's discovery of the phenomena of magnetic induction; by Sturgeon's first electro-magnet; and by Volta's electric battery.

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The dimensions of the dishes served were made to correspond with the importance of the personage entertained, and the boiled sturgeon that figured at this magnificent repast was not an inch shorter than Dr.

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A drinking party now, or the Chateau des Fleurs, would be more in my line!" The old prince sat in silence, his bright little eyes watching Karenin from one side, and Stepan Arkadyevitch saw that he had already formed a phrase to sum up that politician of whom guests were invited to partake as though he were a sturgeon. Kitty was looking at the door, calling up all her energies to keep her from blushing at the entrance of Konstantin Levin.

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They do not often see Rhine carp or Channel sturgeon."

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