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词汇 sturgeon
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Definition of sturgeon in English:

sturgeon

noun ˈstəːdʒ(ə)nˈstərdʒən
  • A very large primitive fish with bony plates on the body. It occurs in temperate seas and rivers of the northern hemisphere, especially central Eurasia, and is of commercial importance for its caviar and flesh.

    欧鲟

    Family Acipenseridae: several genera and species

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Also, being closely related to sturgeons (family Acipenseridae), American paddlefish produce highly coveted roe, or caviar.
    • Either a basal gnathostome such as a shark or a basal actinopterygian such as a sturgeon would be equally instructive.
    • Today only a few species, such as sharks, sturgeons, and lampreys, have electro-sensing capabilities.
    • Grilled sturgeon is lavishly drenched in black vinegar and eggplant.
    • Caught primarily for their unfertilized eggs, which are processed to yield caviar, sturgeons and paddlefishes are particularly vulnerable to overfishing.
    • The sturgeon's heterocercal tail is extremely flexible and the upper tail lobe trails the lower during the fin beat cycle.
    • Happily, on several rivers, the sturgeon now thrive and have become an important fishery resource once again.
    • Transfer the sturgeon to a cutting board and reserve any excess liquid.
    • White sturgeon and sockeye salmon both come to freshwater to spawn.
    • Place sturgeon in a non-reactive dish pour marinade over and turn to coat completely.
    • To try to prevent the loss of a crucial population of Pallid sturgeons, 750 captive-bred fish were released in 1998 into the Missouri and Yellowstone rivers by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
    • Shortnose sturgeon are diadromous sturgeons found in rivers along the east coast of North America from New Brunswick to Georgia.
    • Other fishes, such as catfishes and burbots, probably eat the young shovelnose sturgeons.
    • The same day, another couple was driving a boat on the river when a sturgeon jumped up and smashed into the boat's windshield.
    • The tail fin of most ray-finned fish, with the exception of sturgeons and paddlefish, is homocercal, nearly symmetrical about the midline.
    • Since sturgeons and paddlefish have lost many traits of most bony fish - they lack scales and have a cartilaginous skeleton - their fossil records are very sparse.
    • A subspecies of the Atlantic sturgeon, Gulf sturgeons are found in the coastal rivers of the Gulf of Mexico.
    • The lake sturgeon is a fish of temperate waters and is found only in the Northern Hemisphere in North America.
    • The Razumovskiy carries smoked or cured sturgeon and salmon for between 31 and 75 roubles for 100 grams.
    • The river once teemed with sturgeon - fish so swollen with eggs their weight can exceed 2000 pounds.

Origin

Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch steur and German Stör.

Rhymes

burgeon, surgeon

Definition of sturgeon in US English:

sturgeon

nounˈstərjənˈstərdʒən
  • A very large primitive fish with bony plates on the body. It occurs in temperate seas and rivers of the northern hemisphere, especially central Eurasia, and is of commercial importance for its caviar and flesh.

    欧鲟

    Family Acipenseridae: several genera and species

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Happily, on several rivers, the sturgeon now thrive and have become an important fishery resource once again.
    • The lake sturgeon is a fish of temperate waters and is found only in the Northern Hemisphere in North America.
    • Grilled sturgeon is lavishly drenched in black vinegar and eggplant.
    • The river once teemed with sturgeon - fish so swollen with eggs their weight can exceed 2000 pounds.
    • A subspecies of the Atlantic sturgeon, Gulf sturgeons are found in the coastal rivers of the Gulf of Mexico.
    • Place sturgeon in a non-reactive dish pour marinade over and turn to coat completely.
    • The tail fin of most ray-finned fish, with the exception of sturgeons and paddlefish, is homocercal, nearly symmetrical about the midline.
    • To try to prevent the loss of a crucial population of Pallid sturgeons, 750 captive-bred fish were released in 1998 into the Missouri and Yellowstone rivers by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
    • Transfer the sturgeon to a cutting board and reserve any excess liquid.
    • Today only a few species, such as sharks, sturgeons, and lampreys, have electro-sensing capabilities.
    • The same day, another couple was driving a boat on the river when a sturgeon jumped up and smashed into the boat's windshield.
    • Caught primarily for their unfertilized eggs, which are processed to yield caviar, sturgeons and paddlefishes are particularly vulnerable to overfishing.
    • Shortnose sturgeon are diadromous sturgeons found in rivers along the east coast of North America from New Brunswick to Georgia.
    • Either a basal gnathostome such as a shark or a basal actinopterygian such as a sturgeon would be equally instructive.
    • Since sturgeons and paddlefish have lost many traits of most bony fish - they lack scales and have a cartilaginous skeleton - their fossil records are very sparse.
    • White sturgeon and sockeye salmon both come to freshwater to spawn.
    • Also, being closely related to sturgeons (family Acipenseridae), American paddlefish produce highly coveted roe, or caviar.
    • The Razumovskiy carries smoked or cured sturgeon and salmon for between 31 and 75 roubles for 100 grams.
    • Other fishes, such as catfishes and burbots, probably eat the young shovelnose sturgeons.
    • The sturgeon's heterocercal tail is extremely flexible and the upper tail lobe trails the lower during the fin beat cycle.

Origin

Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch steur and German Stör.

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