English Explanatory Dictionary

sturgeon

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any marine or freshwater fish of the family Acipenseridae that are prized for their roe and are endemic to temperate seas and rivers of the northern hemisphere, especially central Eurasia.
noun
  1. Synonym of 637: A submarine of the Sturgeon-class
name
  1. A surname.
  2. Synonym of 637: A class of submarine

Pronunciation

/ˈstɝd͡ʒən/ /ˈstɜːd͡ʒən/ en-us-sturgeon.ogg

Word forms

sturgeon sturgeons

Etymology

From Middle English sturgiun, sturjoun, from Old French estorjoun (“sturgeon”), from Frankish *sturjō, from Proto-Germanic *sturjô (“sturgeon”).

Synonyms

acipenserid Sturgeon sub Sturgeon boat 637 Sturgeon class

Related words

acipenserine caviar isinglass

Derived words

Adriatic sturgeon Alabama sturgeon Amu Darya sturgeon Amur sturgeon Atlantic sturgeon Baltic sturgeon bastard sturgeon Chinese sturgeon common sturgeon Dabry's sturgeon Danube sturgeon diamond sturgeon dwarf sturgeon European sea sturgeon European sturgeon fringebarbel sturgeon green sturgeon lake sturgeon pallid sturgeon Persian sturgeon river sturgeon rock sturgeon Russian sturgeon Sakhalin sturgeon ship sturgeon shortnose sturgeon shovel-nosed sturgeon shovelnose sturgeon Siberian sturgeon spiny sturgeon stellate sturgeon starry sturgeon sterlet sturddlefish Sturgeon Sturgeon Bay sturgeonlike sturgeon moon Sturgeon River Syr Darya sturgeon thorn sturgeon white sturgeon Yangtze sturgeon Sturgeonite
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