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sterlet

sterlet noun: a smaller, common Eurasian sturgeon, of the species Acipenser ruthenus.

sterlet: a smaller, common Eurasian sturgeon, of the species Acipenser ruthenus
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Noun

sterlet (plural sterlets)

  1. A smaller, common Eurasian sturgeon, of the species Acipenser ruthenus.
    • The old prince sat in silence, looking with his glistening little eyes sidewise at Karénin, and Stepán Arkádevich understood that he had concocted some witticism to hurl at the statesman, to whom they were invited as to a sterlet.1904 [1878], chapter 9, in Leo Wiener, transl., Anna Karénin, Boston: D. Estes & Company, translation of Анна Каренина (Anna Karenina) by Leo Tolstoy, part 4

sterlet meaning in Tamil

sterlet in Tamil

நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், மீன் இனங்களில் ஒன்றாகும்

Forms of sterlet

pluralsterlets

Origin of sterlet

From Russian сте́рлядь (stérljadʹ).

Questions about sterlet

What does sterlet mean?
Sterlet means a smaller, common Eurasian sturgeon, of the species Acipenser ruthenus.
What is sterlet in Tamil?
Sterlet in Tamil is நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், மீன் இனங்களில் ஒன்றாகும். See Sterlet meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is sterlet?
Sterlet is a noun.
What is the plural of sterlet?
The plural of sterlet is sterlets.

Words near sterlet in the dictionary

  1. Sterkel
  2. Sterkels
  3. Sterkfontein
  4. Sterkfontein ape-man
  5. Sterks
  6. sterlet
  7. sterlets
  8. sterling
  9. Sterling City
  10. Sterling County
  11. Sterling Heights

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sterlet (page history and authors); sterlet (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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