noun
1. valuable source of caviar and isinglass; found in Black and Caspian seas
• Syn: ↑beluga, ↑hausen, ↑Acipenser huso
• Hypernyms: ↑sturgeon
• Member Holonyms: ↑Acipenser, ↑genus Acipenser
• Part Meronyms: ↑beluga caviar
2. food and game fish of marine and fresh waters of northwestern coast of North America
• Hypernyms: ↑sturgeon
• Member Holonyms: ↑Acipenser, ↑genus Acipenser
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noun : a sturgeon (Acipenser transmontanus) of the Pacific coast of No. America that is the largest freshwater fish of No. America, may become 11 feet long and weigh over half a ton, and is marketed in large numbers
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a dark gray sturgeon, Acipenser transmontanus, inhabiting marine and fresh waters along the northwestern coast of North America, valued as a food and sport fish. Also called Pacific sturgeon.
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white sturgeon,
a sturgeon of the Pacific coast that is the largest American freshwater fish known, often growing to a length of 10 feet and a weight of more than 1000 pounds.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.