Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Acipenser"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Acipenser \Ac`i*pen"ser\, n. [L., the name of a fish.]
(Zo["o]l.)
A genus of ganoid fishes, including the sturgeons, having the
body armed with bony scales, and the mouth on the under side
of the head. See {Sturgeon}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Acipenser
n : type genus of the Acipenseridae: sturgeons [syn: {Acipenser},
{genus Acipenser}]
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