ACIPENSER TRANSMONTANUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Acipenser transmontanus mean? 

• ACIPENSER TRANSMONTANUS (noun)
  The noun ACIPENSER TRANSMONTANUS has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: ACIPENSER TRANSMONTANUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ACIPENSER TRANSMONTANUS (noun)

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Meaning:

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

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Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Acipenser transmontanus; Pacific sturgeon; Sacramento sturgeon; white sturgeon

Hypernyms ("Acipenser transmontanus" is a kind of...):

sturgeon (large primitive fishes valued for their flesh and roe; widely distributed in the North Temperate Zone)

Holonyms ("Acipenser transmontanus" is a member of...):

Acipenser; genus Acipenser (type genus of the Acipenseridae: sturgeons)