| NOUN | animal | sturgeon | large primitive fishes valued for their flesh and roe |
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| Sounds | ster'jhahn; ster'jhihn | |
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| Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... | |
| Adrenalin ... zeppelin / Zeppelin: 223 rhymes with ihn... | ||
| Meaning | large primitive fishes valued for their flesh and roe; widely distributed in the North Temperate Zone. | |
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| Member of | Acipenseridae, family Acipenseridae | sturgeons |
| Narrower | Pacific sturgeon, white sturgeon, Sacramento sturgeon, Acipenser transmontanus | food and game fish of marine and fresh waters of northwestern coast of North America |
| beluga, hausen, white sturgeon, Acipenser huso | Valuable source of caviar and isinglass | |
| Broader | ganoid, ganoid fish | Primitive fishes having thick bony scales with a shiny covering |
| Spanish | acipenseridae, esturión, marión, sollo | |
| Catalan | esturió | |
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