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sterlet

[ stur-lit ]

noun

  1. a small sturgeon, Acipenser ruthenus, of the Black and Caspian seas, valued as a source of caviar.


sterlet

/ ˈstɜːlɪt /

noun

  1. a small sturgeon, Acipenser ruthenus, of seas and rivers in N Asia and E Europe: used as a food fish and a source of caviar
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of sterlet1

1585–95; < Russian stérlyad', Old Russian sterlyagi (plural) < German Störling a small sturgeon, equivalent to Stör sturgeon ( Middle High German stör ( e ), stür ( e ), Old High German stur ( i ) o; sturgeon ) + -ling -ling 1
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Word History and Origins

Origin of sterlet1

C16: from Russian sterlyad, of Germanic origin; compare Old High German sturio sturgeon
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Example Sentences

A favourite fish among the higher classes is the sterlet, a sort of sturgeon; soup is made of it, but it is very expensive.

At supper they served sterlet, chicken rissoles, and stewed fruit; the wines were expensive French wines.

There can be no doubt that the sturgeon or sterlet is meant by this term, for Platina calls the eggs of the fish “caviare.”

Does not this animal fulfil in the egg of the sterlet, the same office as the histriobdella in the egg of the lobster?

Polypodium hydriforme Ussow is a fresh-water form parasitic on the eggs of the sterlet.

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