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cavi·ar or caviare cav′i·are′ (kav′ē är′, käv′-; kav′ē är′)

noun

the salted eggs of sturgeon, salmon, etc. eaten as an appetizer

Etymology: Fr < It caviale < Turk khāvyār < Pers khāviyār < khāya, egg + -dār, bearing: orig., spawning fish, hence, roe

caviar Idioms

caviar to the general

a thing appealing only to a highly cultivated taste: Hamlet II, ii

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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