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Definition of Pacific sturgeon
1. Noun. Food and game fish of marine and fresh waters of northwestern coast of North America.
Generic synonyms: Sturgeon
Group relationships: Acipenser, Genus Acipenser
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pacific Sturgeon
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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