sturgeon

[ stur-juh n ]
/ ˈstɜr dʒən /

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

stupidity, stupor, sturbridge, sturdy, sturge-weber syndrome, sturgeon, sturges, sturgis, sturluson, sturm und drang, sturmabteilung

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Sturgeon
[ stur-juh n ]
/ 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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