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white sturgeon

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noun

  1. a dark gray sturgeon, Acipenser transmontanus, inhabiting marine and fresh waters along the northwestern coast of North America, valued as a food and sport fish.


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Island Creek Oysters offers quite the selection, including kaluga, white sturgeon, Siberian, and osetra varieties.

From Salon • Dec. 4, 2025

The fish, which died of chlorine exposure, included green and white sturgeon and chinook salmon that were being studied at the facility.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 30, 2022

The animals lost included green and white sturgeon, one at least 20 years old, and endangered Chinook salmon.

From Science Magazine • Aug. 17, 2022

The chlorine damaged the sensitive gills and skin of the center’s various fish species, which included green and white sturgeon and Chinook salmon, which is endangered.

From New York Times • Aug. 15, 2022

And in every tavern like that you will find salted white sturgeon with horse radish.

From Note-Book of Anton Chekhov by Woolf, Leonard

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