English Explanatory Dictionary

osetra

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Caviar made from the Russian sturgeon.

Word forms

osetra asetra oscietra osetrova ossetra

Etymology

From Russian осетра́ (osetrá, “of sturgeon”, genitive of осётр (osjótr, “surgeon”)), from the phrase икра́ осетра́ (ikrá osetrá, “caviar of sturgeon”)

Related words

osseter
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