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noun salted roe of sturgeon or other large fish; usually served as an hors d'oeuvre
originBorrowed from Middle French caviar, from Venetan caviaro (earlier found as Italian caviale), probably by way of Ottoman Turkish خاویار (havyar), from Classical Persian خَاوْیَار (xāwyār). Doublet of ajvar.
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