Lake \Lake\, n. [AS. lac, L. lacus; akin to AS. lagu lake, sea,
   Icel. l["o]gr; OIr. loch; cf. Gr. la`kkos pond, tank. Cf.
   Loch, Lough.]
   A large body of water contained in a depression of the
   earth's surface, and supplied from the drainage of a more or
   less extended area.
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   Note: Lakes are for the most part of fresh water; the salt
         lakes, like the Great Salt Lake of Utah, have usually
         no outlet to the ocean.
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   Lake dwellers (Ethnol.), people of a prehistoric race, or
      races, which inhabited different parts of Europe. Their
      dwellings were built on piles in lakes, a short distance
      from the shore. Their relics are common in the lakes of
      Switzerland.

   Lake dwellings (Archaeol.), dwellings built over a lake,
      sometimes on piles, and sometimes on rude foundations kept
      in place by piles; specifically, such dwellings of
      prehistoric times. Lake dwellings are still used by many
      savage tribes. Called also lacustrine dwellings. See
      Crannog.

   Lake fly (Zool.), any one of numerous species of dipterous
      flies of the genus Chironomus. In form they resemble
      mosquitoes, but they do not bite. The larvae live in
      lakes.

   Lake herring (Zool.), the cisco (Coregonus Artedii).

   Lake poets, Lake school, a collective name originally
      applied in contempt, but now in honor, to Southey,
      Coleridge, and Wordsworth, who lived in the lake country
      of Cumberland, England, Lamb and a few others were classed
      with these by hostile critics. Called also lakers and
      lakists.

   Lake sturgeon (Zool.), a sturgeon (Acipenser rubicundus),
      of moderate size, found in the Great Lakes and the
      Mississippi River. It is used as food.

   Lake trout (Zool.), any one of several species of trout and
      salmon; in Europe, esp. Salmo fario; in the United
      States, esp. Salvelinus namaycush of the Great Lakes,
      and of various lakes in New York, Eastern Maine, and
      Canada. A large variety of brook trout (Salvelinus
      fontinalis), inhabiting many lakes in New England, is
      also called lake trout. See Namaycush.

   Lake whitefish. (Zool.) See Whitefish.

   Lake whiting (Zool.), an American whitefish (Coregonus
      Labradoricus), found in many lakes in the Northern United
      States and Canada. It is more slender than the common
      whitefish.
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Sturgeon \Stur"geon\, n. [F. esturgeon, LL. sturio, sturgio,
   OHG. sturjo, G. st["o]r; akin to AS. styria, styriga.]
   (Zool.)
   Any one of numerous species of large cartilaginous ganoid
   fishes belonging to Acipenser and allied genera of the
   family Acipenseridae. They run up rivers to spawn, and are
   common on the coasts and in the large rivers and lakes of
   North America, Europe, and Asia. Caviar is prepared from the
   roe, and isinglass from the air bladder.
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   Note: The common North American species are Acipenser
         sturio of the Atlantic coast region, Acipenser
         transmontanus of the Pacific coast, and Acipenser
         rubicundus of the Mississippi River and its
         tributaries. In Europe, the common species is
         Acipenser sturio, and other well-known species are
         the sterlet and the huso. The sturgeons are included in
         the order Chondrostei. Their body is partially
         covered by five rows of large, carinated, bony plates,
         of which one row runs along the back. The tail is
         heterocercal. The toothless and protrusile mouth is
         beneath the head, and has four barbels in front.
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   Shovel-nosed sturgeon. (Zool.) See Shovelnose
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