Sterlet Definition

stûrlĭt
noun
A small sturgeon (Acipenser ruthenus) found in the Caspian Sea and used as food and as a source of caviar.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Sterlet

Noun

Singular:
sterlet
Plural:
sterlets

Origin of Sterlet

  • Russian sterlyad' from Old Russian sterlyagi of Germanic origin

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Russian стерлядь (sterljadʹ).

    From Wiktionary

Sterlet Sentence Examples

  • Polypodium hydriforme Ussow is a fresh-water form parasitic on the eggs of the sterlet.

  • The streams of both territories yield excellent trout and crayfish; salmon, sturgeon and sterlet, from the Danube, are netted in the Save.

  • Among European freshwater fishing-grounds, the Danube is only surpassed by the Volga; the most valuable fish being sturgeon and sterlet, mostly netted in the St George mouth; carp, often weighing 50 lb; pike, perch, tench and eels.

  • They swear by him, they offer him to you as they would a dish of choice sterlet.

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Words Starting With

SSTSTE

Words Ending With

TETLET

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Words Starting With S and Ending With T

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7 Letter Words7 Letter Words Starting With S7 Letter Words Ending With T