acipenser rubicundus

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acipenser rubicundus - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Lake \Lake\, n. [AS. lac, L. lacus; akin to AS. lagu lake, sea,
     Icel. l["o]gr; OIr. loch; cf. Gr. la`kkos pond, tank. Cf.
     Loch, Lough.]
     A large body of water contained in a depression of the
     earth's surface, and supplied from the drainage of a more or
     less extended area.
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     Note: Lakes are for the most part of fresh water; the salt
           lakes, like the Great Salt Lake of Utah, have usually
           no outlet to the ocean.
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     Lake dwellers (Ethnol.), people of a prehistoric race, or
        races, which inhabited different parts of Europe. Their
        dwellings were built on piles in lakes, a short distance
        from the shore. Their relics are common in the lakes of
        Switzerland.
  
     Lake dwellings (Archaeol.), dwellings built over a lake,
        sometimes on piles, and sometimes on rude foundations kept
        in place by piles; specifically, such dwellings of
        prehistoric times. Lake dwellings are still used by many
        savage tribes. Called also lacustrine dwellings. See
        Crannog.
  
     Lake fly (Zool.), any one of numerous species of dipterous
        flies of the genus Chironomus. In form they resemble
        mosquitoes, but they do not bite. The larvae live in
        lakes.
  
     Lake herring (Zool.), the cisco (Coregonus Artedii).
  
     Lake poets, Lake school, a collective name originally
        applied in contempt, but now in honor, to Southey,
        Coleridge, and Wordsworth, who lived in the lake country
        of Cumberland, England, Lamb and a few others were classed
        with these by hostile critics. Called also lakers and
        lakists.
  
     Lake sturgeon (Zool.), a sturgeon (Acipenser rubicundus),
        of moderate size, found in the Great Lakes and the
        Mississippi River. It is used as food.
  
     Lake trout (Zool.), any one of several species of trout and
        salmon; in Europe, esp. Salmo fario; in the United
        States, esp. Salvelinus namaycush of the Great Lakes,
        and of various lakes in New York, Eastern Maine, and
        Canada. A large variety of brook trout (Salvelinus  fontinalis
        ), inhabiting many lakes in New England, is
        also called lake trout. See Namaycush.
  
     Lake whitefish. (Zool.) See Whitefish.
  
     Lake whiting (Zool.), an American whitefish (Coregonus  Labradoricus
        ), found in many lakes in the Northern United
        States and Canada. It is more slender than the common
        whitefish.
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  Sturgeon \Stur"geon\, n. [F. esturgeon, LL. sturio, sturgio,
     OHG. sturjo, G. st["o]r; akin to AS. styria, styriga.]
     (Zool.)
     Any one of numerous species of large cartilaginous ganoid
     fishes belonging to Acipenser and allied genera of the
     family Acipenseridae. They run up rivers to spawn, and are
     common on the coasts and in the large rivers and lakes of
     North America, Europe, and Asia. Caviar is prepared from the
     roe, and isinglass from the air bladder.
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     Note: The common North American species are Acipenser sturio
            of the Atlantic coast region, Acipenser transmontanus
            of the Pacific coast, and Acipenser rubicundus
            of the Mississippi River and its
           tributaries. In Europe, the common species is
           Acipenser sturio, 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.
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     Shovel-nosed sturgeon. (Zool.) See Shovelnose
     (d) .
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