| 单词 | white sturgeon |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswhite sturgeon white sturgeon n. the sturgeon Acipenser transmontanus, which is the largest freshwater fish of North America and inhabits rivers on the West Coast; (also) the beluga sturgeon, Huso huso (now rare). ΚΠ 1839 J. H. Lanman Hist. Mich. vii. 107 Among these [warriors] were Mahigam the Wolf; Wabanamy the White Sturgeon; [etc.].] 1850 Chinese Repository June 294 The most common kinds [of fish] are two species of carp.., barbels, the beluga or white sturgeon, and a kind of trout. 1868 T. F. Cronise Nat. Wealth Calif. 497 The first mentioned is called White Sturgeon, and is the largest fish sold in the markets. 1919 L. Pasvolsky tr. A. Kuprin Bracelet of Garnets 173 But Vanya Andrutzaki returned about noon, his long boat chock-full of the largest white sturgeon. 1941 New Washington (Federal Writers' Project) i. 13 The white sturgeon, of the Columbia, Snake, and Pend Oreille Rivers.., was once such a nuisance that an attempt was made to exterminate it. 2003 High Country News 29 Sept. 19/2 I have met old-timers..who used to catch white sturgeon by setting massive trotlines in a deep river hole and anchoring them to trees. < as lemmas |
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