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Noun: white sturgeon  wIt stur-jun
  1. Valuable source of caviar and isinglass; found in Black and Caspian seas
    - beluga, hausen, Acipenser huso
     
  2. Food and game fish of marine and fresh waters of northwestern coast of North America
    - Pacific sturgeon, Sacramento sturgeon, Acipenser transmontanus

Derived forms: white sturgeons

Type of: sturgeon

Part of: Acipenser, genus Acipenser

Encyclopedia: White sturgeon