Hypertext Webster Gateway: "hausen"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Hausen \Hau"sen\, n. [G.] (Zo["o]l.)
A large sturgeon ({Acipenser huso}) from the region of the
Black Sea. It is sometimes twelve feet long.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Huso \Hu"so\, n. [NL., fr. G. hausen, and E. isin?glass.]
(Zo["o]l.)
(a) A large European sturgeon ({Acipenser huso}), inhabiting
the region of the Black and Caspian Seas. It sometimes
attains a length of more than twelve feet, and a weight
of two thousand pounds. Called also {hausen}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
hausen
n : valuable source of caviar and isinglass; found in Black and
Caspian seas [syn: {beluga}, {white sturgeon}, {Acipenser
huso}]
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