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stur•geon
Pronunciation: (stûr'jun), [key]—
n.,
—pl. (esp. collectively) -geon, (esp. referring to two or more kinds or species) -geons.
any of various large fishes of the family Acipenseridae, inhabiting fresh and salt North Temperate waters, valued for their flesh and as a source of caviar and isinglass:
A. brevirostrum, of the Atlantic coast, is endangered.
Stur•geon
Pronunciation: (stûr'jun), [key]—
n.
Theodore (Hamilton), 1918–85, U.S. science-fiction writer.
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