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osetra

osetra noun: caviar made from the Russian sturgeon.

osetra: caviar made from the Russian sturgeon
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Noun

osetra (uncountable)

  1. Caviar made from the Russian sturgeon.
    • The saumon sauvage and baked potatoes stuffed with osetra were provided by Caviar Kaspia, the Paris restaurant […].2007 December 13, Guy Trebay, “Still Life With Parties and Hedge Funds”, in New York Times

Forms of osetra

alternative formasetra
alternative formoscietra
alternative formosetrova
alternative formossetra

Origin of osetra

From Russian осетра́ (osetrá, “of sturgeon”, genitive of осётр (osjótr, “surgeon”)), from the phrase икра́ осетра́ (ikrá osetrá, “caviar of sturgeon”)

Questions about osetra

What does osetra mean?
Osetra means caviar made from the Russian sturgeon.
What part of speech is osetra?
Osetra is a noun.

Words near osetra in the dictionary

  1. Osetian
  2. Osetians
  3. osetoarticular
  4. osetogenesis
  5. osetr
  6. osetra
  7. osetrova
  8. osetrs
  9. OSF
  10. OSFA
  11. OSFM

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