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sturgeon
[ stur-juhn ]
/ ˈstɜr dʒən /
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noun, plural (especially collectively) stur·geon, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) stur·geons.
any of various large fishes of the family Acipenseridae, inhabiting fresh and salt North Temperate waters, valued for their flesh and as a source of caviar and isinglass: A. brevirostrum, of the Atlantic coast, is endangered.
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Origin of sturgeon
1250–1300; Middle English <Anglo-French, Old French esturgeon<Germanic; compare Old English styria,Old High German sturio (German Stör), Old Norse styrja
Words nearby sturgeon
stupid, stupidity, stupor, Sturbridge, sturdy, sturgeon, Sturges, Sturge-Weber syndrome, Sturgis, Sturluson, Sturmabteilung
Other definitions for sturgeon (2 of 2)
Sturgeon
[ stur-juhn ]
/ ˈstɜr dʒən /
noun
Theodore (Hamilton), 1918–85, U.S. science-fiction writer.
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British Dictionary definitions for sturgeon
sturgeon
/ (ˈstɜːdʒən) /
noun
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
Word Origin for sturgeon
C13: from Old French estourgeon, of Germanic origin; related to Old English styria, Old High German sturio
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