Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of various large freshwater and marine fishes of the family Acipenseridae of the Northern Hemisphere, having ganoid scales and edible flesh and valued for their roe, which is used for caviar, and their swim bladders, which are used to make isinglass.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A chondroganoid fish of the order Chondrostei and family Acipenseridæ (see the technical names).
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) Any one of numerous species of large cartilaginous ganoid fishes belonging to Acipenser and allied genera of the family
Acipenseridæ . They run up rivers to spawn, and are common on the coasts and in the large rivers and lakes of North America, Europe, and Asia. Caviar is prepared from the roe, and isinglass from the air bladder. - noun (Zoöl.) See
Shovelnose (d).
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Any
marine orfreshwater fish of the family Acipenseridae that are famed for theirroe .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun large primitive fishes valued for their flesh and roe; widely distributed in the North Temperate Zone
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word sturgeon.
Examples
-
Yes | No | Report from STANDnTREE wrote 21 weeks 4 days ago that sturgeon is at least 500 lbs
-
Why anyone would want to catch a sturgeon is beyond me.
Think Progress » Drilling Is Not The Solution To Create Jobs And Reduce Reliance On Foreign Oil
-
Yes | No | Report from STANDnTREE wrote 21 weeks 4 days ago that sturgeon is at least 500 lbs
-
Dating to the Jurassic period and prized for its immense size and spectacular aerial fighting ability, the white sturgeon is known as the poor man's marlin.
-
Others are humorous ( "theodore sturgeon is alive and well for about $5").
-
Others are humorous ( "theodore sturgeon is alive and well for about $5").
-
La Prairie's caviar is extracted from the roe of Baerii sturgeon, which is grown on aqua-farms in France.
-
It's making me eel, and I may have to call a sturgeon to check me out.
-
The most common example of the ganoid fish is the sturgeon, which is heavily clad with a bony armor.
-
"You were right this evening: the sturgeon was a bit too strong!"
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.