sturgeonとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Middle English sturgiun, sturjoun, from Old French estorjoun (“sturgeon”), from Frankish *sturjō, from Proto-Germanic *sturjô (“sturgeon”).

発音

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈstɝd͡ʒən/
• (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /ˈstɜːd͡ʒən/
• 韻: -ɜː(ɹ)d͡ʒən

名詞

sturgeon (複数形 sturgeon または sturgeons)

1. Any marine or freshwater fish of the family Acipenseridae that are prized for their roe and are endemic to temperate seas and rivers of the northern hemisphere, especially central Eurasia.
   • 1961, W. N. Holmes, Edward M. Donaldson, 1: Body Compartments and the Distribution of Electrolytes, William Stewart Hoar, David J. Randall (editors), Fish Physiology, Volume 1, page 57,

     An investigation has been carried out into the changes in blood chemistry which occur during the migration of young sturgeon and spawned adults from freshwater into saltwater and of the migration of prespawning adults in the reverse direction by Magnin (1962).

   • 1997, M. L. Khrykhtin, V. G. Svirsky, Sturgeon catch and the current status of sturgeon stocks in the Amur River, Andreas Bauer, Astrid Kaiser-Pohlmann, Sturgeon Stocks and Caviar Trade Workshop: Proceedings, page 29,

     Strict regulation of the catch was introduced in the Soviet Union in 1976 in order to prevent overfishing of the sexually mature sturgeons in the river.

   • 2002, Elizabeth Grossman, Watershed: The Undamming of America, page 41,

     Long and snout-nosed with rows of platelike bony protrusions, sturgeon have a dinosaur-era look.

   • 2006, Richard N. Williams, James A. Lichatowich, Madison S. Powell, 4: The Diversity, Structure and Status of Populations, Richard N. Williams (editor), Return to the River: Restoring Salmon Back to the Columbia River, page 156,

     Information on the spawning period, spawning behavior, and other details of the reproductive biology of green sturgeon in the Columbia River is lacking (Oregon Department of Fish かつ Wildlife かつ Washington Department of Fish かつ Wildlife 1995).

   • 2006, Samuel M. McGinnis, Field Guide to Freshwater Fishes of California, Revised Edition, page 139,

     Only about one out of every 80 sturgeons caught in the Sacramento River is a Green Sturgeon, and that lopsided ratio is reversed for sturgeons taken in the Klamath River.

   • 2010, Molly Aloian, The Yangtze: China's Majestic River, page 22,

     In 2009, 120,000 Chinese sturgeons were released into the Yangtze River in an effort to boost the population of the endangered species in the wild.

同意語

• (fish of family Acipenseridae): acipenserid

派生語

• Adriatic sturgeon (Acipenser naccarii)
• Alabama sturgeon (Scaphirhynchus suttkusi)
• Amu Darya sturgeon (Pseudoscaphirhynchus kaufmanni)
• Amur sturgeon (Acipenser schrenckii)
• Atlantic sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus)
• Baltic sturgeon (Acipenser sturio)
• bastard sturgeon (Acipenser nudiventris)
• Chinese sturgeon (Acipenser sinensis)
• common sturgeon (Acipenser sturio)
• dwarf sturgeon (Pseudoscaphirhynchus hermanni)
• European sturgeon (Huso huso)
• European sea sturgeon (Acipenser sturio)
• fringebarbel sturgeon (Acipenser nudiventris)
• green sturgeon (Acipenser medirostris)
• lake sturgeon (Acipenser fulvescens)
• pallid sturgeon (Scaphirhynchus albus)
• Persian sturgeon (Acipenser persicus)
• rock sturgeon (Acipenser fulvescens)
• Russian sturgeon (Acipenser gueldenstaedtii)
• Sakhalin sturgeon (Acipenser mikadoi)
• ship sturgeon (Acipenser nudiventris)
• shortnose sturgeon (Acipenser brevirostrum)
• shovelnose sturgeon (Scaphirhynchus platorynchus)
• Siberian sturgeon (Acipenser baerii)
• spiny sturgeon (Acipenser nudiventris)
• stellate sturgeon, starry sturgeon (Acipenser stellatus)
• sterlet (Acipenser ruthenus)
• sturddlefish
• Sturgeon Bay
• Syr Darya sturgeon (Pseudoscaphirhynchus fedtschenkoi)
• thorn sturgeon (Acipenser nudiventris)
• white sturgeon (Acipenser transmontanus)
• Yangtze sturgeon (Acipenser dabryanus)

参考

• acipenserine
• caviar
• isinglass

アナグラム

• gournets