sturgeon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈstɝd͡ʒən/
ipa: /ˈstɜːd͡ʒən/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)dʒən
Forms: form: sturgeon
form: sturgeons
Etymology: From Middle English sturgiun, sturjoun, from Old French estorjoun (“sturgeon”), from Frankish *sturjō, from Proto-Germanic *sturjô (“sturgeon”).
Senses: examples: text: The sturgeon is considered to be rich in aphrodisiac elements.
ref: 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 229:
text: 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).
ref: 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:
text: 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.
text: Long and snout-nosed with rows of platelike bony protrusions, sturgeon have a dinosaur-era look.
ref: 2002, Elizabeth Grossman, Watershed: The Undamming of America, page 41:
text: 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).
ref: 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:
text: 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.
ref: 2006, Samuel M. McGinnis, Field Guide to Freshwater Fishes of California, Revised edition, page 139:
text: 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.
ref: 2010, Molly Aloian, The Yangtze: China's Majestic River, page 22:
glosses: 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.
Synonyms: sense: fish of family Acipenseridae
word: acipenserid
Derived terms: taxonomic: Acipenser naccarii
word: Adriatic sturgeon
taxonomic: Scaphirhynchus suttkusi
word: Alabama sturgeon
taxonomic: Pseudoscaphirhynchus kaufmanni
word: Amu Darya sturgeon
taxonomic: Acipenser schrenckii
word: Amur sturgeon
taxonomic: Acipenser oxyrinchus
word: Atlantic sturgeon
taxonomic: Acipenser sturio
word: Baltic sturgeon
taxonomic: Acipenser nudiventris
word: bastard sturgeon
taxonomic: Acipenser sinensis
word: Chinese sturgeon
taxonomic: Acipenser sturio
word: common sturgeon
alt: †Acipenser dabryanus
word: Dabry's sturgeon
taxonomic: Acipenser gueldenstaedtii
word: Danube sturgeon
taxonomic: Acipenser gueldenstaedtii
word: diamond sturgeon
taxonomic: Pseudoscaphirhynchus hermanni
word: dwarf sturgeon
taxonomic: Acipenser sturio
word: European sea sturgeon
taxonomic: Huso huso
word: European sturgeon
taxonomic: Acipenser nudiventris
word: fringebarbel sturgeon
taxonomic: Acipenser medirostris
word: green sturgeon
taxonomic: Acipenser fulvescens
word: lake sturgeon
taxonomic: Scaphirhynchus albus
word: pallid sturgeon
taxonomic: Acipenser persicus
word: Persian sturgeon
alt: †Acipenser dabryanus
word: river sturgeon
taxonomic: Acipenser fulvescens
word: rock sturgeon
taxonomic: Acipenser gueldenstaedtii
word: Russian sturgeon
taxonomic: Acipenser mikadoi
word: Sakhalin sturgeon
taxonomic: Acipenser nudiventris
word: ship sturgeon
taxonomic: Acipenser brevirostrum
word: shortnose sturgeon
taxonomic: Scaphirhynchus platorynchus
word: shovelnose sturgeon
taxonomic: Acipenser baerii
word: Siberian sturgeon
taxonomic: Acipenser nudiventris
word: spiny sturgeon
word: stellate sturgeon
taxonomic: Acipenser stellatus
word: starry sturgeon
taxonomic: Acipenser ruthenus
word: sterlet
word: sturddlefish
word: Sturgeon
word: Sturgeon Bay
word: sturgeon moon
word: Sturgeon River
taxonomic: Pseudoscaphirhynchus fedtschenkoi
word: Syr Darya sturgeon
taxonomic: Acipenser nudiventris
word: thorn sturgeon
taxonomic: Acipenser transmontanus
word: white sturgeon
taxonomic: Acipenser dabryanus
word: Yangtze sturgeon
Related terms: acipenserine
caviar
isinglass