Definition of Pacific sturgeon

1. Noun. Food and game fish of marine and fresh waters of northwestern coast of North America.

Exact synonyms: Acipenser Transmontanus, Sacramento Sturgeon, White Sturgeon
Generic synonyms: Sturgeon
Group relationships: Acipenser, Genus Acipenser

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pacific Sturgeon

Pacific dewberries
Pacific dewberry
Pacific giant salamander
Pacific halibut
Pacific hemlock
Pacific herring
Pacific loon
Pacific loons
Pacific newt
Pacific plum
Pacific ridley
Pacific sardine
Pacific silver fir
Pacific silver firs
Pacific spiny dogfish
Pacific sturgeon (current term)
Pacific tree toad
Pacific tripletail
Pacific walrus
Pacific yew
Pacini
Pacinian corpuscle
Packer
Packer whacker
Packer whackers
Packera
Packera aurea
Packers
Paco
Pactolian

Literary usage of Pacific sturgeon

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. American Food and Game Fishes: A Popular Account of All the Species Found in by David Starr Jordan, Barton Warren Evermann (1902)
"The white sturgeon, also known under several other names, among which may be mentioned Columbia River sturgeon, Sacramento sturgeon, and Pacific sturgeon, ..."

2. Migratory Fishes of South America: Biology, Fisheries and Conservation Status by Joachim Carolsfeld (2003)
"White sturgeon (also known as Pacific sturgeon, Oregon sturgeon, Columbia sturgeon, and Sacramento sturgeon) are the largest freshwater fish in North ..."

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