- sturgeon
- stur|geon [ `stɜrdʒən ] nouncount a large fish that lives in northern oceans, rivers, and lakes, and whose eggs are eaten as caviara. uncount this fish eaten as food
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Sturgeon — (engl.: Stör) steht für: Sturgeon Lake, mehrere Seen in Nordamerika Sturgeon Klasse, atomgetriebene Jagd U Boote der United States Navy SS N 20 Sturgeon, NATO Codename für eine russischen Interkontinentalrakete Codename einer… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Sturgeon — Lugar designado por el censo de los Estados Unidos … Wikipedia Español
Sturgeon — Sturgeon, MO U.S. city in Missouri Population (2000): 944 Housing Units (2000): 407 Land area (2000): 0.631496 sq. miles (1.635567 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.631496 sq. miles (1.635567 sq … StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places
Sturgeon, PA — Sturgeon Noblestown, PA U.S. Census Designated Place in Pennsylvania Population (2000): 1764 Housing Units (2000): 715 Land area (2000): 2.866061 sq. miles (7.423064 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area… … StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places
sturgeon — c.1300, from Anglo Fr. sturgeon, from O.Fr. esturjon, from a Gmc. source (Cf. O.H.G. sturio sturgeon, O.E. styria), from P.Gmc. *sturjon ; cognate with Lith. ersketras, Rus. osetr sturgeon. Of obscure origin, perhaps from a lost pre IE northern… … Etymology dictionary
Sturgeon, MO — U.S. city in Missouri Population (2000): 944 Housing Units (2000): 407 Land area (2000): 0.631496 sq. miles (1.635567 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.631496 sq. miles (1.635567 sq. km) FIPS… … StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places
Sturgeon — Stur geon, n. [F. esturgeon, LL. sturio, sturgio, OHG. sturjo, G. st[ o]r; akin to AS. styria, styriga.] (Zo[ o]l.) Any one of numerous species of large cartilaginous ganoid fishes belonging to {Acipenser} and allied genera of the family… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
sturgeon — [stʉr′jən] n. pl. sturgeons or sturgeon [ME sturgiun < OFr esturjon < Frank * sturjo, akin to OE styria, Ger stör] any of a family (Acipenseridae, order Acipenseriformes) of large, edible, primitive bony fishes having rows of spiny plates… … English World dictionary
Sturgeon — (spr. Stordsch n), See im Territorium der Hudsonsbai Compagnie (Britisches Nordamerika) … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
sturgeon — ► NOUN ▪ a very large fish with bony plates on the body, found in seas and rivers and commercially important for its caviar and flesh. ORIGIN Old French … English terms dictionary
Sturgeon — Taxobox name = Sturgeon image width = 250px image caption = Atlantic sturgeon ( Acipenser oxyrinchus oxyrinchus ) regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Actinopterygii ordo = Acipenseriformes familia = Acipenseridae subdivision ranks =… … Wikipedia
