hausen Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun valuable source of caviar and isinglass; found in Black and Caspian seas
    white sturgeon; beluga; Acipenser huso.

WordNet


Hau"sen noun
Etymology
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Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) A large sturgeon (Acipenser huso) from the region of the Black Sea. It is sometimes twelve feet long. syn = Huso huso, and also called Beluga. Provides the highest quality caviar

Webster 1913