Common name | Barbel sturgeon |
Language | English |
Type | Vernacular |
Official trade name | No |
Rank | 3 - (Other common name) |
Country | Russian Federation |
Locality | |
Ref. | Reshetnikov, Y.S., N.G. Bogutskaya, E.D. Vasil'eva, E.A. Dorofeeva, A.M. Naseka, O.A. Popova, K.A. Savvaitova, V.G. Sideleva and L.I. Sokolov, 1997 |
Life stage | juveniles and adults |
Sex | females and males |
Core | primary lexeme |
1st modifier | morphology |
2nd modifier | |
Remarks | 'barbel', from Latin 'barba', i.e., beard, via Old French 'barbe'; refers to the sensitive whisker-like projections round the mouth (Ref. 11979); 'sturgeon', Middle English, from Middle French 'estourjon', of Germanic origin; akin to Old English 'styria', i.e., 'sturgeon' (Ref. 27888). |