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▪ I. sterlet1|ˈstɛːlɪt|
Also 6 sterledey, 7 sterledy, 8 starlett, sterled, -ett, -id, (? pl. sterlitz), 8–9 sterlit, (9 sterelet).
[a. Russ. sterlyadi. Cf. G. and F. sterlet.]
A small species of sturgeon, Acipenser ruthenus, found in Russia.
1591G. Fletcher Russe Commw. (Hakl. Soc.) 12 Of ickary or cavery, a great quantitie is made..out of..the severiga, and the sterledey. 1698New Descr. Moscovy 22 The Severinga or Sterledy, somewhat in fashion and tast like a Sturgeon, but not so thick nor long. 1698A. Brand Embassy fr. Muscovy into China 126 Among the Fish, the Sterlet is counted one of the most delicious in Russia. 1753Hanway Trav. (1762) I. ii. xix. 83 The principal sorts are sturgeon, starlett, beluga and assotra. 1762tr. Busching's Syst. Geog. I. 380 The Kosteri has rougher scales than the Sturgeon or the Sterled. 1782P. H. Bruce Mem. iv. 112 Some vessels going for Petersburgh, with live fish, called sterlit,..were beat to pieces. 1796Morse Amer. Geog. II. 74 Different sorts of sturgeon..viz. the common sturgeon, the beluga, the sterlid, &c. 1881Cassell's Nat. Hist. V. 46 The best isinglass is yielded by the Sterlet and by Acipenser huso. 1883Fisheries Exhib. Catal. 340 Hatched sterlit preserved in spirits. 1915B. Digby in Travel July 23 Sterelet, one of the numerous kinds of fishes found in Baikal, is usually smoked and eaten raw.
attrib.1860Wraxall Life in Sea v. 124 Prince Potemkin is said to have frequently paid three hundred roubles for a Sterlet soup.
▪ II. ˈsterlet2
[? For *sternlet, dim. of stern n.1; cf. sternet.]
? The Lesser Tern, Sterna minuta.
1703La Hontan's Voy. N. Amer. I. 240 The Seamews, Grelans, and Sterlets, are fowls that fly incessantly over Seas, Lakes, and Rivers. |