sturgeon

English Thesaurus

1. large primitive fishes valued for their flesh and roe; widely distributed in the North Temperate Zone (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	ganoid, ganoid fish,
definition	:	primitive fishes having thick bony scales with a shiny covering (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	acipenser transmontanus, pacific sturgeon, sacramento sturgeon, white sturgeon,
definition	:	food and game fish of marine and fresh waters of northwestern coast of North America (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	acipenser huso, beluga, hausen, white sturgeon,
definition	:	valuable source of caviar and isinglass; found in Black and Caspian seas (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	acipenseridae, family acipenseridae,
definition	:	sturgeons (noun.animal)