stur|geon

stur|geon
stur|geon «STUR juhn», noun, plural -geons or (collectively) -geon.
a large food fish whose long body has a tough skin with rows of bony plates. The various kinds comprise a family of fishes. Caviar and isinglass are obtained from sturgeons.
[< Anglo-French esturgeon, ultimately < Germanic (compare Old High German sturion, accusative)]

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  • stur·geon — /ˈstɚʤən/ noun, pl geons [count, noncount] : a type of large fish that is eaten as food ◇ The eggs of the sturgeon are eaten as caviar …   Useful english dictionary

  • stur — stur·di·ly; stur·di·ness; stur·geon; stur·ine; stur·nel·la; stur·ni·dae; stur·nine; stur·noid; stur·nus; stur·shum; da·stur; stur·dy; stur·in; stur·tion; …   English syllables

  • geon — clap·per·dud·geon; cur·mud·geon; cur·mud·geon·ish; cur·mud·geon·ly; gur·geon; hab·er·geon; hum·dud·geon; me·lun·geon; mur·geon; pi·geon·dom; pi·geon·eer; pi·geon·gram; pi·geon·ite; pi·geon·ry; pig·wid·geon; stur·geon; sur·geon; sur·geon·cy;… …   English syllables

  • sturgeon — stur·geon …   English syllables

  • sturgeon — stur•geon [[t]ˈstɜr dʒən[/t]] n. pl. (esp. collectively) geon, (esp. for kinds or species) geons. ich any of the large fresh and saltwater ganoid fishes of the family Acipenseridae, valued for their flesh and as a source of caviar and isinglass • …   From formal English to slang

  • sturgeon — stur|geon [ˈstə:dʒən US ˈstə:r ] n [U and C] [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: estourjon] a large fish, from which ↑caviar is obtained, or the meat of this fish …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • sturgeon — stur|geon [ stɜrdʒən ] noun count a large fish that lives in northern oceans, rivers, and lakes, and whose eggs are eaten as caviar a. uncount this fish eaten as food …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • Acipenser rubicundus — Sturgeon Stur geon, n. [F. esturgeon, LL. sturio, sturgio, OHG. sturjo, G. st[ o]r; akin to AS. styria, styriga.] (Zo[ o]l.) Any one of numerous species of large cartilaginous ganoid fishes belonging to {Acipenser} and allied genera of the family …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Acipenser sturio — Sturgeon Stur geon, n. [F. esturgeon, LL. sturio, sturgio, OHG. sturjo, G. st[ o]r; akin to AS. styria, styriga.] (Zo[ o]l.) Any one of numerous species of large cartilaginous ganoid fishes belonging to {Acipenser} and allied genera of the family …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Acipenser sturio — Sturgeon Stur geon, n. [F. esturgeon, LL. sturio, sturgio, OHG. sturjo, G. st[ o]r; akin to AS. styria, styriga.] (Zo[ o]l.) Any one of numerous species of large cartilaginous ganoid fishes belonging to {Acipenser} and allied genera of the family …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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