# sturgeon
## English
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (General American) IPA: /ˈstɝd͡ʒən/
* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈstɜːd͡ʒən/
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* Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)dʒən

### Noun

sturgeon (plural sturgeon or sturgeons)
* 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.
** 1961, W. N. Holmes, Edward M. Donaldson, “1: Body Compartments and the Distribution of Electrolytes”, in William Stewart Hoar, David J. Randall, editors, Fish Physiology, volume 1, page 57:An investigation has been carried out into the changes in blood chemistry which occur during the migration of young sturgeon and spawned adults from freshwater into saltwater and of the migration of prespawning adults in the reverse direction by Magnin (1962).
** 1997, M. L. Khrykhtin, V. G. Svirsky, Sturgeon catch and the current status of sturgeon stocks in the Amur River, Andreas Bauer, Astrid Kaiser-Pohlmann, Sturgeon Stocks and Caviar Trade Workshop: Proceedings, page 29,
    Strict regulation of the catch was introduced in the Soviet Union in 1976 in order to prevent overfishing of the sexually mature sturgeons in the river.
** 2002, Elizabeth Grossman, Watershed: The Undamming of America, page 41:Long and snout-nosed with rows of platelike bony protrusions, sturgeon have a dinosaur-era look.
** 2006, Richard N. Williams, James A. Lichatowich, Madison S. Powell, “4: The Diversity, Structure and Status of Populations”, in Richard N. Williams, editor, Return to the River: Restoring Salmon Back to the Columbia River, page 156:Information on the spawning period, spawning behavior, and other details of the reproductive biology of green sturgeon in the Columbia River is lacking (Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife and Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife 1995).
** 2006, Samuel M. McGinnis, Field Guide to Freshwater Fishes of California, Revised edition, page 139:Only about one out of every 80 sturgeons caught in the Sacramento River is a Green Sturgeon, and that lopsided ratio is reversed for sturgeons taken in the Klamath River.
** 2010, Molly Aloian, The Yangtze: China's Majestic River, page 22:In 2009, 120,000 Chinese sturgeons were released into the Yangtze River in an effort to boost the population of the endangered species in the wild.

#### Synonyms

* (fish of family Acipenseridae): acipenserid

#### Derived terms

* Adriatic sturgeon (Acipenser naccarii)
* Alabama sturgeon (Scaphirhynchus suttkusi)
* Amu Darya sturgeon (Pseudoscaphirhynchus kaufmanni)
* Amur sturgeon (Acipenser schrenckii)
* Atlantic sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus)
* Baltic sturgeon (Acipenser sturio)
* bastard sturgeon (Acipenser nudiventris)
* Chinese sturgeon (Acipenser sinensis)
* common sturgeon (Acipenser sturio)
* Dabry's sturgeon (†Acipenser dabryanus)
* Danube sturgeon (Acipenser gueldenstaedtii)
* diamond sturgeon (Acipenser gueldenstaedtii)
* dwarf sturgeon (Pseudoscaphirhynchus hermanni)
* European sturgeon (Huso huso)
* European sea sturgeon (Acipenser sturio)
* fringebarbel sturgeon (Acipenser nudiventris)
* green sturgeon (Acipenser medirostris)
* lake sturgeon (Acipenser fulvescens)
* pallid sturgeon (Scaphirhynchus albus)
* Persian sturgeon (Acipenser persicus)
* river sturgeon (†Acipenser dabryanus)
* rock sturgeon (Acipenser fulvescens)
* Russian sturgeon (Acipenser gueldenstaedtii)
* Sakhalin sturgeon (Acipenser mikadoi)
* ship sturgeon (Acipenser nudiventris)
* shortnose sturgeon (Acipenser brevirostrum)
* shovelnose sturgeon (Scaphirhynchus platorynchus)
* Siberian sturgeon (Acipenser baerii)
* spiny sturgeon (Acipenser nudiventris)
* stellate sturgeon, starry sturgeon (Acipenser stellatus)
* sterlet (Acipenser ruthenus)
* sturddlefish
* Sturgeon Bay
* sturgeon moon
* Syr Darya sturgeon (Pseudoscaphirhynchus fedtschenkoi)
* thorn sturgeon (Acipenser nudiventris)
* white sturgeon (Acipenser transmontanus)
* Yangtze sturgeon (Acipenser dabryanus)

#### Translations
### See also

* acipenserine
* caviar
* isinglass

### Anagrams

* gournets

## Old French
### Noun

sturgeon oblique singular, m (oblique plural sturgeons, nominative singular sturgeons, nominative plural sturgeon)
* Alternative spelling of estorjoun