sturgeon
sturgeon Lexical Profile
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• noun
The firm, dense flesh of a fish of the family Acipenseridae used as food, often prepared by smoking, curing, or grilling, as well as the prized roe harvested from the female to make true caviar.
"The delicatessen is famous for its platters of thinly sliced smoked sturgeon and bagels."
Any of various large, primitive, bottom-feeding ray-finned fishes of the family Acipenseridae, native to subtropical, temperate, and sub-Arctic rivers, lakes, and coastlines of Eurasia and North America, characterized by an elongated body protected by five rows of bony plates (scutes), atoothless ventrally located mouth, and four sensory barbels.
"Conservationists are working to restore the spawning grounds of the wild sturgeon in the Danube River."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed from Anglo-Norman and Old French esturgeon, from Frankish *sturjo, which is related to Old High German sturio and Old English styria, likely derived from a Proto-Germanic root meaning 'to stir' in reference to the fish's habit of stirring up mud on the river bottom while feeding.
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