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A transmontanusSturgeon Stur"geon, n. [F. esturgeon, LL. sturio, sturgio,
OHG. sturjo, G. st["o]r; akin to AS. styria, styriga.]
(Zo["o]l.)
Any one of numerous species of large cartilaginous ganoid
fishes belonging to Acipenser and allied genera of the
family Acipenserid[ae]. They run up rivers to spawn, and
are common on the coasts and in the large rivers and lakes of
North America, Europe, and Asia. Caviare is prepared from the
roe, and isinglass from the air bladder.
Note: The common North American species are Acipenser
sturio of the Atlantic coast region, A.
transmontanus of the Pacific coast, and A.
rubicundus of the Mississippi River and its
tributaries. In Europe, the common species is
Acipenser sturio, and other well-known species are
the sterlet and the huso. The sturgeons are included in
the order Chondrostei. Their body is partially covered
by five rows of large, carinated, bony plates, of which
one row runs along the back. The tail is heterocercal.
The toothless and protrusile mouth is beneath the head,
and has four barbels in front.
Shovel-nosed sturgeon. (Zo["o]l.) See Shovelnose
(d) . Haplocerus montanusMazama Ma*za"ma, Mazame Ma*za"me, n. (Zo["o]l.)
A goatlike antelope (Haplocerus montanus) which inhabits
the Rocky Mountains, frequenting the highest parts; -- called
also mountain goat. LantanumLantanium Lan*ta"ni*um, Lantanum Lan"ta*num, n. (Chem.)
See Lanthanum. LantanuricLantanuric Lan`ta*nu"ric, a. [Formed by transposition of the
letters of allantoin and -uric.] (Chem.)
Pertaining to, or designating, a nitrogenous organic acid of
the uric acid group, obtained by the decomposition of
allantoin, and usually called allanturic acid. Oroscoptes montanusSage Sage, n. [OE. sauge, F. sauge, L. salvia, from salvus
saved, in allusion to its reputed healing virtues. See
Safe.] (Bot.)
(a) A suffruticose labiate plant (Salvia officinalis) with
grayish green foliage, much used in flavoring meats, etc.
The name is often extended to the whole genus, of which
many species are cultivated for ornament, as the scarlet
sage, and Mexican red and blue sage.
(b) The sagebrush.
Meadow sage (Bot.), a blue-flowered species of Salvia (S.
pratensis) growing in meadows in Europe.
Sage cheese, cheese flavored with sage, and colored green
by the juice of leaves of spinach and other plants which
are added to the milk.
Sage cock (Zo["o]l.), the male of the sage grouse; in a
more general sense, the specific name of the sage grouse.
Sage green, of a dull grayish green color, like the leaves
of garden sage.
Sage grouse (Zo["o]l.), a very large American grouse
(Centrocercus urophasianus), native of the dry sagebrush
plains of Western North America. Called also cock of the
plains. The male is called sage cock, and the female
sage hen.
Sage hare, or Sage rabbit (Zo["o]l.), a species of hare
(Lepus Nuttalli, or artemisia) which inhabits the arid
regions of Western North America and lives among
sagebrush. By recent writers it is considered to be merely
a variety of the common cottontail, or wood rabbit.
Sage hen (Zo["o]l.), the female of the sage grouse.
Sage sparrow (Zo["o]l.), a small sparrow (Amphispiza
Belli, var. Nevadensis) which inhabits the dry plains
of the Rocky Mountain region, living among sagebrush.
Sage thrasher (Zo["o]l.), a singing bird (Oroscoptes
montanus) which inhabits the sagebrush plains of Western
North America.
Sage willow (Bot.), a species of willow (Salix tristis)
forming a low bush with nearly sessile grayish green
leaves. T montanusGrayling Gray"ling, n. [From Gray, a.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) A European fish (Thymallus vulgaris), allied
to the trout, but having a very broad dorsal fin; --
called also umber. It inhabits cold mountain streams,
and is valued as a game fish.
And here and there a lusty trout, And here and there
a grayling. --Tennyson.
2. (Zo["o]l.) An American fish of the genus Thymallus,
having similar habits to the above; one species (T.
Ontariensis), inhabits several streams in Michigan;
another (T. montanus), is found in the Yellowstone
region. Verumontanum
Verumontanum Ver`u*mon*ta"num, n. [NL.] (Anat.)
An elevation, or crest, in the wall of the urethra where the
seminal ducts enter it.
Note: This is sometimes written veru montanum.
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