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caviar 音标拼音: [k'ævi ,ɑr] n. 鱼子酱 鱼子酱 caviar n 1: salted roe of sturgeon or other large fish; usually served as an hors d' oeuvre [ synonym: { caviar}, { caviare}] Hausen \ Hau" sen\ ( h[ add]" s[ e^] n), n. [ G.] ( Zool.) A large sturgeon ({ Acipenser huso} syn. { Huso huso}) from the region of the Black Sea; also called { Beluga}. It is sometimes twelve feet long, and provides the highest quality { caviar}. [ 1913 Webster PJC]
Beluga \ Be* lu" ga\ ( b[- e]* l[= u]" g[. a]), n. [ Russ. bieluga a sort of large sturgeon, prop. white fish, fr. bieluii white. The whale is now commonly called bieluka in Russian.] 1. ( Zool.) A cetacean allied to the dolphins. [ 1913 Webster] Note: The northern beluga ({ Delphinapterus catodon}) is the { white whale} and { white fish} of the whalers. It grows to be from twelve to eighteen feet long. [ 1913 Webster] 2. the sturgeon ({ Huso huso}) native to the Black Sea and Caspian Sea; -- also called { hausen}. It is valued for its roe, sold as { caviar}, and is also used for production of isinglass. See also { sturgeon}. [ PJC] 3. the caviar obtained from the beluga[ 2]; -- also called { beluga caviar}. The caviar of the beluga is considered the finest sort, larger and of a taste superior to that obtained from other sturgeon. See also { sturgeon} and { caviar}. [ PJC]
Caviar \ Cav" i* ar\, Caviare \ Ca* viare"\, n. [ F. caviar, fr. It. caviale, fr. Turk. Hav[ imac][= a] r.] The roes of the sturgeon, prepared and salted; -- used as a relish, esp. in Russia. [ 1913 Webster] Note: Caviare was considered a delicacy, by some, in Shakespeare' s time, but was not relished by most. Hence Hamlet says of a certain play. "' T was caviare to the general," i. e., above the taste of the common people. [ 1913 Webster] 22 Moby Thesaurus words for " caviar": albumen, anguille, eel, egg, egg white, eggshell, fish, fish eggs, glair, kipper, kippered salmon, ovule, poisson, red herring, roe, seafood, smoked herring, spawn, vitellus, white, yellow, yolk
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