He was not of any delicate contexture; his limbs rather sturdy than
dainty.
Sir H. Wotton.
Syn. -- Hardy; stout; strong; firm; robust; stiff.
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Stur"dy (?), n. [OF. estourdi giddiness, stupefaction.] (Vet.) A
disease in sheep and cattle, marked by great nervousness, or by
dullness and stupor.
Stur"geon (?), n. [F. esturgeon, LL. sturio, sturgio, OHG. sturjo, G.
stör; akin to AS. styria, styriga.] (Zoöl.) Any one of numerous species
of large cartilaginous ganoid fishes belonging to Acipenser and allied
genera of the family Acipenseridæ. 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.
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. (Zoöl.) See Shovelnose (d).
||Stu`ri*o"nes (?), n. pl. [NL., from LL. sturio. See Sturgeon.]
||(Zoöl.) An order of fishes including the sturgeons.
Stu`ri*o"ni*an (?), n. (Zoöl.) One of the family of fishes of which the
sturgeon is the type.