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Caviar vs Sevruga - What's the difference?

caviar | sevruga |

As nouns the difference between caviar and sevruga

is that caviar is roe of the sturgeon or other large fish, considered a delicacy while sevruga is a type of sturgeon, species: Acipenser stellatus.

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

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    sevruga

    English

    Noun

  • A type of sturgeon, .
  • An expensive caviar made from its eggs.

    • Synonyms

    * starry sturgeon