hausen : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: hausen	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for hausen
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hausen n valuable source of caviar and isinglass; found in Black and Caspian seas Synonym(s): beluga, hausen, white sturgeon, Acipenser huso
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hausen \Hau"sen\, n. [G.] (Zo[94]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[94]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}.