Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The typical genus of the family Acipenseridæ, including all the ordinary sturgeons (and with the shovel-nosed sturgeons, Scaphirhynchops, the only other genus, composing the family), characterized by the flattened tapering snout, a spiracle over each eye, and 5 distinct rows of bony plates.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • proper noun (Zoöl.) A genus of ganoid fishes, including the sturgeons, having the body armed with bony scales, and the mouth on the under side of the head. See sturgeon.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • proper noun A taxonomic genus within the subfamily Acipenserinae — ganoid fishes, including the sturgeons, having the body armed with bony scales, and the mouth on the under side of the head.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun type genus of the Acipenseridae: sturgeons

Etymologies

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From Latin acipēnser ("sturgeon").

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Examples

  • Acipenser is telling me that science has demonstrated that pertial birth abortion IS IMMORAL!

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  • Acipenser is saying that the rational and logical evaluation of the evidence through disciplined and skillful conceptualization IS SCIENCE.

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  • Now Acipenser is telling me that I have just done science.

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  • Acipenser: Critical thinking is science when conducted properly.

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  • Acipenser: I don't see the path that chunkdz is taking to separate critical thinking and scientific thinking in this example.

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  • I could talk about the Delmarva Fox Squirrel (Acipenser brevirostrum) or even the Bog Turtle (Clemmys muhlenbergii); instead I want to focus on the Eastern Shore Commercial Fisherman (Piscator orientali litore).

    Gary Liberson, PhD: Is It Worth Cleaning the Chesapeake If There Are No More Watermen? PhD Gary Liberson 2011

  • I could talk about the Delmarva Fox Squirrel (Acipenser brevirostrum) or even the Bog Turtle (Clemmys muhlenbergii); instead I want to focus on the Eastern Shore Commercial Fisherman (Piscator orientali litore).

    Gary Liberson, PhD: Is It Worth Cleaning the Chesapeake If There Are No More Watermen? PhD Gary Liberson 2011

  • Acipenser, a hypothesis is an answer (a tentative one), not a question.

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  • If you look at the steps you've taken you have conducted a scientific investigation to a degree but appear to have lapsed into non-critical thinking in some areas, i.e., wishful thinking that you can actually put yourself into a unborn's shoes. chunkdz: Acipenser, Critical Thinking is less a methodology and more a skill.

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  • Acipenser: IDers can't even provide the validation for the methods they propose to be used in design detection let alone even begin to test for design.

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