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单词 sterlet
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sterletn.1

/ˈstɛːlᵻt/
Forms: Also 1500s sterledey, 1600s sterledy, 1700s starlett, sterled, sterlett, sterlid, (? plural sterlitz), 1700s–1800s sterlit, (1800s sterelet).
Etymology: < Russian sterljad′. Compare German and French sterlet.
A small species of sturgeon, Acipenser ruthenus, found in Russia.
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the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > subclass Actinopterygii > [noun] > infraclass Chondrostei > order Acipenseriformes > member of genus Acipenser
sevruga1591
sterlet1591
acipenser1614
hausen1745
osetr1753
rock sturgeon1842
1591 G. Fletcher Of Russe Common Wealth iii. f. 9v Of Ickary or Cauery, a great quantitie is made..out of..the Seueriga & the Sterledey.
1698 New Descr. Moscovy 22 The Severinga or Sterledy, somewhat in fashion and tast like a Sturgeon, but not so thick nor long.
1698 tr. A. Brand Jrnl. Embassy from Muscovy 126 Among the Fish, the Sterlet is counted one of the most delicious in Russia.
1753 J. Hanway Hist. Acct. Brit. Trade Caspian Sea I. xix. 125 The principal sorts are sturgeon, starlett, beluga, and assotra.
a1757 P. H. Bruce Memoirs (1782) iv. 112 Some vessels going for Petersburgh, with live fish, called sterlit,..were beat to pieces.
1762 P. Murdoch tr. A. F. Büsching New Syst. Geogr. I. 380 The Kosteri has rougher scales than the Sturgeon or the Sterled.
1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) II. 74 Different sorts of sturgeon..viz. the common sturgeon, the beluga, the sterlid, &c.
1881 Cassell's Nat. Hist. V. 46 The best isinglass is yielded by the Sterlet and by Acipenser huso.
1883 Great Internat. Fisheries Exhib. Catal. 340 Hatched sterlit preserved in spirits.
1915 B. Digby in Travel July 23 Sterelet, one of the numerous kinds of fishes found in Baikal, is usually smoked and eaten raw.
attributive.1860 F. C. L. Wraxall Life in Sea v. 124 Prince Potemkin is said to have frequently paid three hundred roubles for a Sterlet soup.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

sterletn.2

Etymology: ? For *sternlet , diminutive of stern n.1; compare sternet n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsterlet.
? The Lesser Tern, Sterna minuta.
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the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > family Laridae (gulls and terns) > [noun] > member of genus Sterna (tern) > sterna albifrons (little tern)
sterlet1703
richel bird1802
fairy bird1885
1703 tr. L. de Lahontan New Voy. N.-Amer. I. 240 The Seamews, Grelans, and Sterlets, are fowls that fly incessantly over Seas, Lakes, and Rivers.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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