STURGEON
\stˈɜːd͡ʒən], \stˈɜːdʒən], \s_t_ˈɜː_dʒ_ə_n]\
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large primitive fishes valued for their flesh and roe; widely distributed in the North Temperate Zone
By Princeton University
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Any one of numerous species of large cartilaginous ganoid fishes belonging to Acipenser and allied genera of the family Acipenseridae. They run up rivers to spawn, and are common on the coasts and in the large rivers and lakes of North America, Europe, and Asia. Caviare is prepared from the roe, and isinglass from the air bladder.
By Oddity Software
By Daniel Lyons
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n. [French, Anglo-Saxon] A large cartilaginous fish, in form like a shark, but covered more or less with bony plates in longitudinal rows, and having one dorsal fin and a forked tail-the flesh is esteemed agreeable food, caviar is made of the ova, and the finest isinglass from the air bladder.