sturgeon

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Definition

noun large primitive fishes valued for their flesh and roe; widely distributed in the North Temperate Zone

From Middle English sturgiun, sturjoun, from Old French estorjoun (“sturgeon”), from Frankish *sturjō, from Proto-Germanic *sturjô (“sturgeon”).

I cried, "certainly a small sturgeon." — A Journey to the Centre of the Earth, Jules Verne
I ate sturgeon, and it lies on my stomach. — The Journal to Stella, Jonathan Swift
A sturgeon! a forty pound sturgeon! taken on a line, sir! — Three men in a boat (to say nothing of the dog), Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome

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