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beluga caviar [1 record]

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Record 1 2005-05-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Seafood and Freshwater Food (Food Industries)
DEF

Caviar prepared from the eggs of the white sturgeon.

CONT

Most of the world's caviar comes from sturgeon of the Caspian Sea, an inland sea located between Russia and Iran. Three species of sturgeon produce most of the world's caviar: beluga sturgeon produces beluga caviar; Russian sturgeon produces osetra caviar and stellate sturgeon produces sevruga caviar.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Produits de mer et d'eau douce (Industr. alim.)
OBS

Type de caviar fourni par une variété d'esturgeon portant ce nom, le plus rare et le plus apprécié.

OBS

béluga : Cette graphie, puisée des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, est attestée dans le Petit Robert (2004).

Spanish

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