Definitions
A large ancient-looking fish valued for its roe.
Word origin
From Middle English sturgiun, sturjoun, from Old French estorjoun (“sturgeon”), from Frankish *sturjō, from Proto-Germanic *sturjô (“sturgeon”).
Used in a sentence
“The sturgeon is considered to be rich in aphrodisiac elements.”
“Long and snout-nosed with rows of platelike bony protrusions, sturgeon have a dinosaur-era look.”
“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.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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01“Caviar fish”8 letters
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