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sturgeon

UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈstɜː^rdʒ^ən/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈstɝdʒən/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(stûr′jən)

Inflections of 'sturgeon' (n):

sturgeon: npl (Especially as a collective plural—e.g. "Sturgeon have long bodies.")

sturgeons: npl (Mainly used to talk about different types—e.g. "Many sturgeons are caught for their roe.")

stur•geon /ˈstɜrdʒən/USA pronunciation n. [countable], pl. (esp. when thought of as a group) -geon, (esp. for kinds or species) -geons.

Fisha large fish, valued as a source of caviar.

stur•geon (stûr′jən),USA pronunciation n., pl. (esp. collectively) -geon, (esp. referring to two or more kinds or species) -geons.

Fishany of various large fishes of the family Acipenseridae, inhabiting fresh and salt North Temperate waters, valued for their flesh and as a source of caviar and isinglass:A. brevirostrum,of the Atlantic coast, is endangered.

Gmc; compare Old English styria, Old High German sturio (German Stör), Old Norse styrja
Anglo-French, Old French esturgeon
Middle English 1250–1300

Stur•geon (stûr′jən),USA pronunciation n.

Biographical Theodore (Hamilton), 1918–85, U.S. science-fiction writer.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

sturgeon /ˈstɜːdʒən/ n

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

Etymology: 13th Century: from Old French estourgeon, of Germanic origin; related to Old English styria, Old High German sturio

'sturgeon' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

beluga - caviar - ganoid - isinglass - stir - coulibiac - hackleback - lake sturgeon - Pacific sturgeon - white sturgeon - Sacramento sturgeon - shovelnose - shovelnose sturgeon - sterlet

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