sevruga

[ 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.

Origin of sevruga

1
First recorded in 1585–95; from Russian sevryúga, the name of the species

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