sturgeon

«sturgeon» in Mova's school dictionary: a very large, old kind of fish with a long nose and rows… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a sturgeon, sturgeons; also sturgeon as a plural)

meaning for a pupil

1) A sturgeon is a very large, old kind of fish with a long nose and rows of bony plates instead of normal scales, living in rivers and seas of the northern part of the world. tree →

2) Sturgeon is also its meat as food; its eggs are made into caviar. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science lessons sturgeons are «living fossils», a fish group that has existed since the time of the dinosaurs. They are an example of endangered animals, overfished for caviar. Some sturgeons live over 100 years and grow longer than a car.

examples

• A sturgeon can live for more than a hundred years. tree →
• The sturgeon has bony plates along its back. tree →
• Caviar is made from sturgeon eggs. tree →
• Sturgeons swim up rivers to lay their eggs. tree →
• Many sturgeons are in danger because of overfishing. tree →
• The beluga sturgeon is one of the biggest fish in rivers. tree →
• The museum had a model of a giant sturgeon. tree →

note

Countable; the plural can be «sturgeons» or «sturgeon». Pronounced «STUR-jun». Not related to «surgeon» (a doctor), though they look alike.

In the corpora

• A sturgeon has five rows of bony plates along its body and four whiskers under its snout to feel for food.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «sturgeon» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.