white sturgeon

noun

: a sturgeon (Acipenser transmontanus) of the Pacific coast of North America that is the largest freshwater fish of North America, may become 11 feet long and weigh over half a ton, and is marketed in large numbers

Word History

First Known Use

1850, in the meaning defined above

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