单词 | sturgeon |
释义 | sturgeon /sterr"jeuhn/, n. , pl. (esp. collectively) sturgeon, (esp. referring to two or more kinds or species) sturgeons. any of various large fishes of the family Acipenseridae, inhabiting fresh and salt North Temperate waters, valued for their flesh and as a source of caviar and isinglass: A. brevirostrum, of the Atlantic coast, is endangered. [1250-1300; ME < AF, OF esturgeon < Gmc; cf. OE styria, OHG sturio (G Stör), ON styrja] |
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