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sturgeon

(stʉr′jən)

any of a family (Acipenseridae, order Acipenseriformes) of large, edible, primitive bony fishes having rows of spiny plates along the body and a projecting snout: valuable as a source of caviar and isinglass

Origin: ME sturgiun < OFr esturjon < Frank *sturjo, akin to OE styria, Ger stör

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noun

Any of various large ganoid freshwater and marine fishes of the family Acipenseridae of the Northern Hemisphere, having edible flesh and valued as a source of caviar and isinglass.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English

Origin: , from Anglo-Norman

Origin: , from Old French estourgeon

Origin: , of Germanic origin

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