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osetra

noun

  1. Caviar made from the Russian sturgeon.

    uncountable

    The saumon sauvage and baked potatoes stuffed with osetra were provided by Caviar Kaspia, the Paris restaurant […].

Where it comes from

From Russian осетра́ (osetrá, “of sturgeon”, genitive of осётр (osjótr, “surgeon”)), from the phrase икра́ осетра́ (ikrá osetrá, “caviar of sturgeon”)

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry osetra (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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