Sturgeon (Noun)
Meaning
Large primitive fishes valued for their flesh and roe; widely distributed in the North Temperate Zone.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Examples
- The restaurant served a rare and expensive caviar harvested from the endangered sturgeon.
- Commercial fishermen in the Caspian Sea catch sturgeon for their prized caviar.
- Due to overfishing, the sturgeon population in North America has drastically declined over the past century.
- Sturgeon have been swimming in the world's oceans since the time of the dinosaurs, earning them the nickname "living fossils".
- Scientists study the sturgeon's unique physiology, which has remained largely unchanged for millions of years.