sturgeon
any of various large fishes of the family Acipenseridae, inhabiting fresh and salt waters in the North Temperate Zone, valued for their flesh and as a source of caviar and isinglass: Acipenser brevirostrum(shortnose sturgeon ), of the Atlantic coast, is a vulnerable species.
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By comparing living sturgeon to sturgeon fossils from Tanis, they found that in a fin spine, regular layering at a scale of millimeters shows the fish died when it was seven years old.
June was probably a terrible month to be a dinosaur. Here’s how we know. | Michael J. Benton / The Conversation | January 27, 2022 | Popular-ScienceThroughout the campaign, sturgeon insisted the pandemic would remain her priority until it was over, and the SNP’s victory hasn’t changed that.
Why Scotland's Move Towards Independence May Prove More Difficult Than Brexit | Ian Bremmer | May 13, 2021 | TimeJust as the Anishinaabe and Indigenous peoples have persevered colonial policies and intense environmental change, so have sturgeon.
Biologists reeled in a 240-pound fish from the Detroit River that probably hatched a century ago | Paulina Firozi | May 5, 2021 | Washington PostSalmon, tuna, sturgeon, mussels, oysters, and sable are marinated and smoked using hickory and alder wood.
Become a Fried Seafood Believer at South Beach Market | Jane & Michael Stern | April 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThere the royal sturgeon blew a loud whistle, and presently a large tortoise came up.
Edmund Dulacs Fairy-Book | Edmund Dulac
Gudgeon eats stickleback, jack-pike eats gudgeon and grows fat, till at last the sturgeon in his armour eats him.
Joan of the Sword Hand | S(amuel) R(utherford) CrockettAt the distance of four miles, we reached a sturgeon-fishery, formed by extending a weir across the river.
Summary Narrative of an Exploratory Expedition to the Sources of the Mississippi River, in 1820 | Henry Rowe SchoolcraftThe Indians had constructed a fish-weir between the lake and Montreal falls, where the lake sturgeon are caught.
Summary Narrative of an Exploratory Expedition to the Sources of the Mississippi River, in 1820 | Henry Rowe SchoolcraftThe manufactures are large and increasing, and the fisheries (sturgeon, &c.) very important.
British Dictionary definitions for sturgeon
/ (ˈstɜːdʒən) /
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
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