First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English, from Anglo-French, Old French esturgeon, from Germanic; compare Old English styria, Old High German sturio ( German Stör ), Old Norse styrja
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The August full Moon gets its name from the time of year when when sturgeon fish are abundant in the rivers of North America.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
Various types of native fish have suffered declines, including steelhead trout, white sturgeon and longfin smelt.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 2026
The group spotted nearly 20 suspected sturgeon on the screen that day, but only five came close enough to take a shot.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 20, 2026
Island Creek Oysters offers quite the selection, including kaluga, white sturgeon, Siberian, and osetra varieties.
From Salon ● Dec. 4, 2025
As wide-eyed sturgeon stared from glass cases, I led us into the shop, around the counter where Dylan spent his days mumbling curses and scaling fish, through a rust-pocked door.
From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs
Murrell - the estranged husband of Nicola Sturgeon - was due to appear at the High Court in Edinburgh on Monday for Crown lawyers to attempt to recover the money he embezzled.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
The story hit the headlines when police raided SNP headquarters and the home shared by Sturgeon and Murrell in April 2023.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
The government's independent adviser on the ministerial code, Irish barrister James Hamilton KC, carried out an investigation and concluded in 2021 that Sturgeon had not breached the code.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
The fallout triggered allegations that Sturgeon had breached the ministerial code through her handling of contacts with Salmond and by misleading the Scottish Parliament about what she knew and when.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
“I’m Emcee Worm, and this is the Sturgeon Surgeon, aka Emcee Dirty Dylan, aka Emcee Dirty Bizniss, Cairnholm’s number one beat-boxer. Wanna show this Yank how we do, Dirty D?”
From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs
As Professor Wang points out, however, this massive, river-blocking structure also prevents the Yangtze's giant sturgeons from reaching their spawning grounds.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2025
They found that 21% of the samples came from wild-caught sturgeons, which were sold in all of the countries studied.
From Salon ● Nov. 22, 2023
Now, one group of researchers proposes that being active at night—as sturgeons are—confers a survival advantage.
From Science Magazine ● Nov. 20, 2023
After analyzing each sample's DNA and isotope patterns, the team found that 21% of the samples came from wild-caught sturgeons and that these wild-caught fish were sold in all of the countries studied.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 20, 2023
Then he realized Frank meant sturgeons, like the fish.
From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan
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