ACIPENSER STURIO

Definition: ACIPENSER STURIO

ACIPENSER STURIO

1. And other well-known species are the sterlet and the huso. The sturgeons are included in the order Chondrostei. Their body is partially covered by five rows of large, carinated, bony plates, of which one row runs along the back. The tail is heterocercal. The toothless and protrusile mouth is beneath the head, and has four barbels in front.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Crosswords: ACIPENSER STURIO

Non-English Usage: "ACIPENSER STURIO" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses.

Latin (common sturgeon, sturgeon).

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	Plate 243. The Common Sturgeon. Acipenser sturio L. (=A. oxyrhynchus) The Short-Nosed Sturgeon. Acipenser brevirostris, Le S.Credit: National Marine Fisheries Historical Image Collection.
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