Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- The sturgeons, a family of chondrosteous ganoid fishes, sometimes including only the genus Acipenser, sometimes also the genus Scaphirhynchops.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- proper noun The natural family of fish including the sturgeons.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun sturgeons
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Examples
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Sturgeon— Acipenseridae —have outlived whatever killed the dinosaurs.
The Great California Caviar Rush Stinson Carter 2011
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About 30 species within the arctic regions belonging to the families Petromyzontidae, Acipenseridae, Anguillidae, Clupeidae, Osmeridae, Salmonidae, and Gasterosteidae exhibit diadromous behavior (i.e., spend part of their lives in the marine environment and migrate to freshwater to spawn, or the converse).
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Family Acipenseridae pallid sturgeon, Scaphirhynchus albus shovelnose sturgeon, Scaphirhynchus platorynchus
Trout and Salmon of North America Robert J. Behnke 2002
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Family Acipenseridae pallid sturgeon, Scaphirhynchus albus shovelnose sturgeon, Scaphirhynchus platorynchus
Trout and Salmon of North America Robert J. Behnke 2002
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Family Acipenseridae pallid sturgeon, Scaphirhynchus albus shovelnose sturgeon, Scaphirhynchus platorynchus
Trout and Salmon of North America Robert J. Behnke 2002
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Family Acipenseridae pallid sturgeon, Scaphirhynchus albus shovelnose sturgeon, Scaphirhynchus platorynchus
Trout and Salmon of North America Robert J. Behnke 2002
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The fish family Acipenseridae, more commonly known as sturgeon, is now the most endangered group of animals.
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Juveniles are eaten by flatworms (Platyhelminthes), leeches (Hirudidae), and crayfish as well as an array of freshwater fish including carp (Cyprinidae), sturgeon (Acipenseridae), catfish (Ictaluridae), and sunfish (Centrarchidae).
Freshwater mussels in North America - factors affecting their endangerment and extinction 2009
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Hatchery Manual for the White Sturgeon: With Application to Other North American Acipenseridae (Publication) by Fred Sequin Conte
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