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sterlet

(stʉr′lit)

noun

a small sturgeon (Acipenser ruthenus) found in the Caspian Sea and used as food and as a source of caviar

Origin: Russ styerlyad'

See sterlet in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A sturgeon (Acipenser ruthenus) of the Black and Caspian seas, used as a source of caviar.

Origin:

Origin: Russian sterlyad'

Origin: , from Old Russian sterlyagi

Origin: , of Germanic origin

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