sturgeon

sturgeon
1) a member of the family Acipenseridae found in northern hemisphere fresh and marine waters with about 24 species. Important for caviar (q.v.) and, in the past, isinglass (q.v.)
2) not the fish but a proposed measure of magnetic reluctance (the opposite of inductance) named for William Sturgeon
3) an encryption system, one of the fish (fibonacci shrinking) German teleprinter cipher used in World War II. Bletchely Park never read much of its traffic. See also tunny

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  • Sturgeon — (engl.: Stör) steht für: Sturgeon Lake, mehrere Seen in Nordamerika Sturgeon Klasse, atomgetriebene Jagd U Boote der United States Navy SS N 20 Sturgeon, NATO Codename für eine russischen Interkontinentalrakete Codename einer… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Sturgeon — Lugar designado por el censo de los Estados Unidos …   Wikipedia Español

  • Sturgeon — Sturgeon, MO U.S. city in Missouri Population (2000): 944 Housing Units (2000): 407 Land area (2000): 0.631496 sq. miles (1.635567 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.631496 sq. miles (1.635567 sq …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Sturgeon, PA — Sturgeon Noblestown, PA U.S. Census Designated Place in Pennsylvania Population (2000): 1764 Housing Units (2000): 715 Land area (2000): 2.866061 sq. miles (7.423064 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • sturgeon — c.1300, from Anglo Fr. sturgeon, from O.Fr. esturjon, from a Gmc. source (Cf. O.H.G. sturio sturgeon, O.E. styria), from P.Gmc. *sturjon ; cognate with Lith. ersketras, Rus. osetr sturgeon. Of obscure origin, perhaps from a lost pre IE northern… …   Etymology dictionary

  • Sturgeon, MO — U.S. city in Missouri Population (2000): 944 Housing Units (2000): 407 Land area (2000): 0.631496 sq. miles (1.635567 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.631496 sq. miles (1.635567 sq. km) FIPS… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Sturgeon — Stur geon, n. [F. esturgeon, LL. sturio, sturgio, OHG. sturjo, G. st[ o]r; akin to AS. styria, styriga.] (Zo[ o]l.) Any one of numerous species of large cartilaginous ganoid fishes belonging to {Acipenser} and allied genera of the family… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • sturgeon — [stʉr′jən] n. pl. sturgeons or sturgeon [ME sturgiun < OFr esturjon < Frank * sturjo, akin to OE styria, Ger stör] any of a family (Acipenseridae, order Acipenseriformes) of large, edible, primitive bony fishes having rows of spiny plates… …   English World dictionary

  • Sturgeon — (spr. Stordsch n), See im Territorium der Hudsonsbai Compagnie (Britisches Nordamerika) …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • sturgeon — ► NOUN ▪ a very large fish with bony plates on the body, found in seas and rivers and commercially important for its caviar and flesh. ORIGIN Old French …   English terms dictionary

  • Sturgeon — Taxobox name = Sturgeon image width = 250px image caption = Atlantic sturgeon ( Acipenser oxyrinchus oxyrinchus ) regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Actinopterygii ordo = Acipenseriformes familia = Acipenseridae subdivision ranks =… …   Wikipedia

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