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DictionarycaviarSalted fish eggs
noun

caviar

KAV-ee-ar/ˈkæviɑːr/

Salted fish eggs, especially from sturgeon, eaten as a delicacy.

Tiny gray beads of caviar fill the tin and top the blini.

A close-up delicacy serving: a small open tin filled with tiny charcoal-gray caviar beads, a mother-of-pearl spoon holding a small mound, and one blini topped with cream and caviar on a plain porcelain plate.
Etymology
caviPersianegg
+arPersianbearing

The Persian elements give the image 'egg-bearing,' pointing to fish roe. The culinary name refers specifically to those eggs salted and served as a delicacy.

In context

misesmedia45:15
was so much overfishing that the sturgeon population was almost destroyed they almost ran out of caviar you know you know thank God communism end is so we could save caviar
Ten Things You Should Know About Socialism | Thomas J. DiLorenzo

More examples

  • She samples the salted caviar.
  • The restaurant serves chilled caviar as an appetizer.
  • The tin contains caviar from sturgeon.

Similar words

roe
Fish eggs generally, whether prepared as food or not.
fish eggs
The broad category without implying a salted delicacy.