"sturgeon" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈstɝd͡ʒən/ [General-American], /ˈstɜːd͡ʒən/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-sturgeon.ogg Forms: sturgeon [plural], sturgeons [plural]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)dʒən Etymology: From Middle English sturgiun, sturjoun, from Old French estorjoun (“sturgeon”), from Frankish *sturjō, from Proto-Germanic *sturjô (“sturgeon”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|enm|sturgiun}} Middle English sturgiun, {{der|en|fro|estorjoun||sturgeon}} Old French estorjoun (“sturgeon”), {{der|en|frk|*sturjō}} Frankish *sturjō, {{der|en|gem-pro|*sturjô|t=sturgeon}} Proto-Germanic *sturjô (“sturgeon”) Head templates: {{en-noun|sturgeon|s}} sturgeon (plural sturgeon or sturgeons)
  1. Any marine or freshwater fish of the family Acipenseridae that are prized for their roe and are endemic to temperate seas and rivers of the northern hemisphere, especially central Eurasia. Wikipedia link: sturgeon Categories (lifeform): Acipenseriform fish Synonyms (fish of family Acipenseridae): acipenserid Related terms: acipenserine, caviar, isinglass Translations (fish of family Acipenseridae): gabasa (Abenaki), bli [masculine] (Albanian), ἀντακαῖος (antakaîos) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), حَفْش (ḥafš) [masculine] (Arabic), թառափ (tʻaṙapʻ) (Armenian), nərə (Azerbaijani), gaizkata (Basque), асётр (asjótr) [masculine] (Belarusian), есетра (esetra) [feminine] (Bulgarian), စတားဂျင် (ca.ta:gyang) (Burmese), esturió [masculine] (Catalan), 鱘魚 (Chinese Mandarin), 鲟鱼 (xúnyú) (Chinese Mandarin), мерсин (Crimean Tatar), jeseter [masculine] (Czech), stør [common-gender] (Danish), steur [masculine] (Dutch), acipensero (Esperanto), sampi (Finnish), esturgeon [masculine] (French), esturión [masculine] (Galician), sollo [masculine] (Galician), sollo rei [masculine] (Galician), თართი (tarti) (Georgian), Stör [masculine] (German), οξύρρυγχος (oxýrrynchos) [masculine] (Greek), στουριόνι (stourióni) [neuter] (Greek), tokhal (Hungarian), setur (Indonesian), sturjen (Indonesian), sedrina (Ingrian), bradán fearna [masculine] (Irish), storione [masculine] (Italian), チョウザメ (chōzame) (Japanese), бекр (bekr) (Kalmyk), бекіре (bekıre) (Kazakh), դուղուպալըխ (duġupaləx) (Kipchak), 철갑상어 (cheolgapsang'eo) (Korean), иргъай (irğay) (Kumyk), acipenser [masculine] (Latin), sturio [masculine] (Latin), store [feminine] (Latvian), sturys [masculine] (Lithuanian), jesotr [masculine] (Lower Sorbian), есетра (esetra) [feminine] (Macedonian), մէրսին (mērsin) (Middle Armenian), хилэм (xilem) (Mongolian), esturgeon [Jersey, masculine] (Norman), stør [masculine] (Norwegian), مرسین بالغی (mersin balığı) (Ottoman Turkish), jesiotr [masculine] (Polish), esturjão [masculine] (Portuguese), sturion [masculine] (Romanian), nisetru [masculine] (Romanian), осётр (osjótr) [masculine] (Russian), cana [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), bradan-sligeach [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), bradan-cearr [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), јѐсетра [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), кѐчига [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), jèsetra [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), kèčiga [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), jeseter [masculine] (Slovak), jesệter [masculine] (Slovene), esturión [masculine] (Spanish), stör (Swedish), мәрсин (märsin) (Tatar), mersin balığı (Turkish), bekre (Turkmen), осетер (oseter) [masculine] (Ukrainian), jasotr [masculine] (Upper Sorbian), cá tầm (Vietnamese), stwrsiwn [masculine] (Welsh)
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          "taxonomic": "Acipenser naccarii",
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          "taxonomic": "Pseudoscaphirhynchus kaufmanni",
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        {
          "taxonomic": "Acipenser schrenckii",
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        {
          "taxonomic": "Acipenser oxyrinchus",
          "word": "Atlantic sturgeon"
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          "taxonomic": "Acipenser sturio",
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          "taxonomic": "Acipenser nudiventris",
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          "taxonomic": "Acipenser sinensis",
          "word": "Chinese sturgeon"
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          "taxonomic": "Acipenser sturio",
          "word": "common sturgeon"
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          "alt": "†Acipenser dabryanus",
          "word": "Dabry's sturgeon"
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        {
          "taxonomic": "Acipenser gueldenstaedtii",
          "word": "Danube sturgeon"
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        {
          "taxonomic": "Acipenser gueldenstaedtii",
          "word": "diamond sturgeon"
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        {
          "taxonomic": "Pseudoscaphirhynchus hermanni",
          "word": "dwarf sturgeon"
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          "taxonomic": "Huso huso",
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          "taxonomic": "Acipenser sturio",
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          "taxonomic": "Scaphirhynchus albus",
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          "taxonomic": "Acipenser mikadoi",
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          "taxonomic": "Acipenser nudiventris",
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          "taxonomic": "Acipenser brevirostrum",
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        {
          "taxonomic": "Scaphirhynchus platorynchus",
          "word": "shovelnose sturgeon"
        },
        {
          "taxonomic": "Acipenser baerii",
          "word": "Siberian sturgeon"
        },
        {
          "taxonomic": "Acipenser nudiventris",
          "word": "spiny sturgeon"
        },
        {
          "word": "stellate sturgeon"
        },
        {
          "taxonomic": "Acipenser stellatus",
          "word": "starry sturgeon"
        },
        {
          "taxonomic": "Acipenser ruthenus",
          "word": "sterlet"
        },
        {
          "word": "sturddlefish"
        },
        {
          "word": "Sturgeon Bay"
        },
        {
          "word": "sturgeon moon"
        },
        {
          "taxonomic": "Pseudoscaphirhynchus fedtschenkoi",
          "word": "Syr Darya sturgeon"
        },
        {
          "taxonomic": "Acipenser nudiventris",
          "word": "thorn sturgeon"
        },
        {
          "taxonomic": "Acipenser transmontanus",
          "word": "white sturgeon"
        },
        {
          "taxonomic": "Acipenser dabryanus",
          "word": "Yangtze sturgeon"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1961, W. N. Holmes, Edward M. Donaldson, “1: Body Compartments and the Distribution of Electrolytes”, in William Stewart Hoar, David J. Randall, editors, Fish Physiology, volume 1, page 57:",
          "text": "An investigation has been carried out into the changes in blood chemistry which occur during the migration of young sturgeon and spawned adults from freshwater into saltwater and of the migration of prespawning adults in the reverse direction by Magnin (1962).",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "text": "1997, M. L. Khrykhtin, V. G. Svirsky, Sturgeon catch and the current status of sturgeon stocks in the Amur River, Andreas Bauer, Astrid Kaiser-Pohlmann, Sturgeon Stocks and Caviar Trade Workshop: Proceedings, page 29,\nStrict regulation of the catch was introduced in the Soviet Union in 1976 in order to prevent overfishing of the sexually mature sturgeons in the river."
        },
        {
          "ref": "2002, Elizabeth Grossman, Watershed: The Undamming of America, page 41:",
          "text": "Long and snout-nosed with rows of platelike bony protrusions, sturgeon have a dinosaur-era look.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2006, Richard N. Williams, James A. Lichatowich, Madison S. Powell, “4: The Diversity, Structure and Status of Populations”, in Richard N. Williams, editor, Return to the River: Restoring Salmon Back to the Columbia River, page 156:",
          "text": "Information on the spawning period, spawning behavior, and other details of the reproductive biology of green sturgeon in the Columbia River is lacking (Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife and Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife 1995).",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2006, Samuel M. McGinnis, Field Guide to Freshwater Fishes of California, Revised edition, page 139:",
          "text": "Only about one out of every 80 sturgeons caught in the Sacramento River is a Green Sturgeon, and that lopsided ratio is reversed for sturgeons taken in the Klamath River.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2010, Molly Aloian, The Yangtze: China's Majestic River, page 22:",
          "text": "In 2009, 120,000 Chinese sturgeons were released into the Yangtze River in an effort to boost the population of the endangered species in the wild.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
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          "word": "isinglass"
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          "sense": "fish of family Acipenseridae",
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          "code": "abe",
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          "word": "gabasa"
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          "code": "sq",
          "lang": "Albanian",
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          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "code": "ar",
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          "sense": "fish of family Acipenseridae",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
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          "code": "hy",
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          "roman": "tʻaṙapʻ",
          "sense": "fish of family Acipenseridae",
          "word": "թառափ"
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          "code": "axm",
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          "roman": "mērsin",
          "sense": "fish of family Acipenseridae",
          "word": "մէրսին"
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          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "fish of family Acipenseridae",
          "word": "nərə"
        },
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          "code": "eu",
          "lang": "Basque",
          "sense": "fish of family Acipenseridae",
          "word": "gaizkata"
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        {
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "asjótr",
          "sense": "fish of family Acipenseridae",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "асётр"
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        {
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "esetra",
          "sense": "fish of family Acipenseridae",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "есетра"
        },
        {
          "code": "my",
          "lang": "Burmese",
          "roman": "ca.ta:gyang",
          "sense": "fish of family Acipenseridae",
          "word": "စတားဂျင်"
        },
        {
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "fish of family Acipenseridae",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "esturió"
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        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "fish of family Acipenseridae",
          "word": "鱘魚"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "xúnyú",
          "sense": "fish of family Acipenseridae",
          "word": "鲟鱼"
        },
        {
          "code": "crh",
          "lang": "Crimean Tatar",
          "sense": "fish of family Acipenseridae",
          "word": "мерсин"
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        {
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "fish of family Acipenseridae",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
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        {
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "fish of family Acipenseridae",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "stør"
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          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "fish of family Acipenseridae",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "fish of family Acipenseridae",
          "word": "acipensero"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "fish of family Acipenseridae",
          "word": "sampi"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "fish of family Acipenseridae",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "esturgeon"
        },
        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "fish of family Acipenseridae",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "esturión"
        },
        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "fish of family Acipenseridae",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "sollo"
        },
        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "fish of family Acipenseridae",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "sollo rei"
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        {
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "tarti",
          "sense": "fish of family Acipenseridae",
          "word": "თართი"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "fish of family Acipenseridae",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Stör"
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        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
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          "sense": "fish of family Acipenseridae",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "οξύρρυγχος"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "stourióni",
          "sense": "fish of family Acipenseridae",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
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          "word": "στουριόνι"
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        {
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "antakaîos",
          "sense": "fish of family Acipenseridae",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ἀντακαῖος"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "fish of family Acipenseridae",
          "word": "tokhal"
        },
        {
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "fish of family Acipenseridae",
          "word": "setur"
        },
        {
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "fish of family Acipenseridae",
          "word": "sturjen"
        },
        {
          "code": "izh",
          "lang": "Ingrian",
          "sense": "fish of family Acipenseridae",
          "word": "sedrina"
        },
        {
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "fish of family Acipenseridae",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "bradán fearna"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "fish of family Acipenseridae",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "storione"
        },
        {
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "chōzame",
          "sense": "fish of family Acipenseridae",
          "word": "チョウザメ"
        },
        {
          "code": "xal",
          "lang": "Kalmyk",
          "roman": "bekr",
          "sense": "fish of family Acipenseridae",
          "word": "бекр"
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        {
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "bekıre",
          "sense": "fish of family Acipenseridae",
          "word": "бекіре"
        },
        {
          "code": "qwm",
          "lang": "Kipchak",
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          "sense": "fish of family Acipenseridae",
          "word": "դուղուպալըխ"
        },
        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "cheolgapsang'eo",
          "sense": "fish of family Acipenseridae",
          "word": "철갑상어"
        },
        {
          "code": "kum",
          "lang": "Kumyk",
          "roman": "irğay",
          "sense": "fish of family Acipenseridae",
          "word": "иргъай"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "fish of family Acipenseridae",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "acipenser"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "fish of family Acipenseridae",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "sturio"
        },
        {
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "fish of family Acipenseridae",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "store"
        },
        {
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "fish of family Acipenseridae",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "sturys"
        },
        {
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "esetra",
          "sense": "fish of family Acipenseridae",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "есетра"
        },
        {
          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "xilem",
          "sense": "fish of family Acipenseridae",
          "word": "хилэм"
        },
        {
          "code": "nrf",
          "lang": "Norman",
          "sense": "fish of family Acipenseridae",
          "tags": [
            "Jersey",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "esturgeon"
        },
        {
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "fish of family Acipenseridae",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "stør"
        },
        {
          "code": "ota",
          "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
          "roman": "mersin balığı",
          "sense": "fish of family Acipenseridae",
          "word": "مرسین بالغی"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "fish of family Acipenseridae",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "jesiotr"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "fish of family Acipenseridae",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "esturjão"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "fish of family Acipenseridae",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "sturion"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "fish of family Acipenseridae",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "nisetru"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "osjótr",
          "sense": "fish of family Acipenseridae",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "осётр"
        },
        {
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "fish of family Acipenseridae",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "cana"
        },
        {
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "fish of family Acipenseridae",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "bradan-sligeach"
        },
        {
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "fish of family Acipenseridae",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "bradan-cearr"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "fish of family Acipenseridae",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "јѐсетра"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "fish of family Acipenseridae",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "кѐчига"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "fish of family Acipenseridae",
          "tags": [
            "Roman"
          ],
          "word": "jèsetra"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "fish of family Acipenseridae",
          "tags": [
            "Roman"
          ],
          "word": "kèčiga"
        },
        {
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "fish of family Acipenseridae",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "jeseter"
        },
        {
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "fish of family Acipenseridae",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "jesệter"
        },
        {
          "code": "dsb",
          "lang": "Lower Sorbian",
          "sense": "fish of family Acipenseridae",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "jesotr"
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        {
          "code": "hsb",
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          "sense": "fish of family Acipenseridae",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "jasotr"
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        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "fish of family Acipenseridae",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "esturión"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "fish of family Acipenseridae",
          "word": "stör"
        },
        {
          "code": "tt",
          "lang": "Tatar",
          "roman": "märsin",
          "sense": "fish of family Acipenseridae",
          "word": "мәрсин"
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          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "fish of family Acipenseridae",
          "word": "mersin balığı"
        },
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          "code": "tk",
          "lang": "Turkmen",
          "sense": "fish of family Acipenseridae",
          "word": "bekre"
        },
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          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "oseter",
          "sense": "fish of family Acipenseridae",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "осетер"
        },
        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "fish of family Acipenseridae",
          "word": "cá tầm"
        },
        {
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "fish of family Acipenseridae",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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      "ipa": "/ˈstɝd͡ʒən/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
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      "ipa": "/ˈstɜːd͡ʒən/",
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      "taxonomic": "Acipenser naccarii",
      "word": "Adriatic sturgeon"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Scaphirhynchus suttkusi",
      "word": "Alabama sturgeon"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Pseudoscaphirhynchus kaufmanni",
      "word": "Amu Darya sturgeon"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Acipenser schrenckii",
      "word": "Amur sturgeon"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Acipenser oxyrinchus",
      "word": "Atlantic sturgeon"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Acipenser sturio",
      "word": "Baltic sturgeon"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Acipenser nudiventris",
      "word": "bastard sturgeon"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Acipenser sinensis",
      "word": "Chinese sturgeon"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Acipenser sturio",
      "word": "common sturgeon"
    },
    {
      "alt": "†Acipenser dabryanus",
      "word": "Dabry's sturgeon"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Acipenser gueldenstaedtii",
      "word": "Danube sturgeon"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Acipenser gueldenstaedtii",
      "word": "diamond sturgeon"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Pseudoscaphirhynchus hermanni",
      "word": "dwarf sturgeon"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Huso huso",
      "word": "European sturgeon"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Acipenser sturio",
      "word": "European sea sturgeon"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Acipenser nudiventris",
      "word": "fringebarbel sturgeon"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Acipenser medirostris",
      "word": "green sturgeon"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Acipenser fulvescens",
      "word": "lake sturgeon"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Scaphirhynchus albus",
      "word": "pallid sturgeon"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Acipenser persicus",
      "word": "Persian sturgeon"
    },
    {
      "alt": "†Acipenser dabryanus",
      "word": "river sturgeon"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Acipenser fulvescens",
      "word": "rock sturgeon"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Acipenser gueldenstaedtii",
      "word": "Russian sturgeon"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Acipenser mikadoi",
      "word": "Sakhalin sturgeon"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Acipenser nudiventris",
      "word": "ship sturgeon"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Acipenser brevirostrum",
      "word": "shortnose sturgeon"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Scaphirhynchus platorynchus",
      "word": "shovelnose sturgeon"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Acipenser baerii",
      "word": "Siberian sturgeon"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Acipenser nudiventris",
      "word": "spiny sturgeon"
    },
    {
      "word": "stellate sturgeon"
    },
    {
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      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "fish of family Acipenseridae",
      "word": "mersin balığı"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "fish of family Acipenseridae",
      "word": "bekre"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "oseter",
      "sense": "fish of family Acipenseridae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "осетер"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "fish of family Acipenseridae",
      "word": "cá tầm"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "fish of family Acipenseridae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "stwrsiwn"
    }
  ],
  "word": "sturgeon"
}

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