Sturgeons

Common synonyms include: acipenserid fish, ancient fish, primitive ray finned fish, sturgeon aquaculture, sturgeon fish, sturgeon fisheries.

name, noun

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Definitions

Noun

1
plural of sturgeon form-of, plural
"A comparable structure is unknown in early osteichthyan pelvic girdles, although juvenile sturgeons do show a series of pelvic basals in similar topological position to the basipterygium linking the last radial with the metapterygium 21 ."

Proper Noun

"Sturgeons can sometimes live for over 50 years, growing so large that few predators hunt them."