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单词 sturgeon
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
stur•geon /ˈstɜrdʒən/USA pronunciation   n. [countable], pl. (esp. when thought of as a group) -geon, (esp. for kinds or species) -geons. 
  1. Fisha large fish, valued as a source of caviar.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
stur•geon  (stûrjən),USA pronunciation n., pl. (esp. collectively) -geon,  (esp. referring to two or more kinds or species) -geons. 
  1. Fishany of various large fishes of the family Acipenseridae, inhabiting fresh and salt North Temperate waters, valued for their flesh and as a source of caviar and isinglass:A. brevirostrum,of the Atlantic coast, is endangered.
  • Gmc; compare Old English styria, Old High German sturio (German Stör), Old Norse styrja
  • Anglo-French, Old French esturgeon
  • Middle English 1250–1300

Stur•geon  (stûrjən),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Biographical Theodore (Hamilton), 1918–85, U.S. science-fiction writer.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
sturgeon /ˈstɜːdʒən/ n
  1. any primitive bony fish of the family Acipenseridae, of temperate waters of the N hemisphere, having an elongated snout and rows of spines along the body: valued as a source of caviar and isinglass
Etymology: 13th Century: from Old French estourgeon, of Germanic origin; related to Old English styria, Old High German sturio
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