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3 definitions found 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 1.6 [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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