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Caviar vs Hackleback - What's the difference?

caviar | hackleback |

As nouns the difference between caviar and hackleback

is that caviar is roe of the sturgeon or other large fish, considered a delicacy while hackleback is a small north american sturgeon, , the roe of which is harvested for caviar.

caviar

English

Alternative forms

* caviare

Noun

  • Roe of the sturgeon or other large fish, considered a delicacy.

    • Usage notes

    * A citation from Jehan Palsgrave's 1530 text Lesclarcissment de la langue françoyse'' reads "Calver of saulmon, ''escume de saulmon.''". This possibly refers to caviar. If this is the case it predates by some 61 years the earliest usage (1591) of caviar documented in the ''Oxford English Dictionary.

    Derived terms

    * caviar to the general * cowboy caviar

    See also

    * (wikipedia "caviar") * malosol

    Anagrams

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    hackleback

    English

    Alternative forms

    * hackle back

    Noun

    (-)
  • A small North American sturgeon, , the roe of which is harvested for caviar
    • They served crackers with hackleback caviar.

    Synonyms

    * (sturgeon) (shovelnose sturgeon), (switchtail), (sand sturgeon)

    External links

    *(wikipedia "hackleback")