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HAUSEN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hausen mean? 

HAUSEN (noun)
  The noun HAUSEN has 1 sense:

1. valuable source of caviar and isinglass; found in Black and Caspian seasplay

  Familiarity information: HAUSEN used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


HAUSEN (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Valuable source of caviar and isinglass; found in Black and Caspian seas

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Acipenser huso; beluga; hausen; white sturgeon

Hypernyms ("hausen" is a kind of...):

sturgeon (large primitive fishes valued for their flesh and roe; widely distributed in the North Temperate Zone)

Meronyms (parts of "hausen"):

beluga caviar (roe of beluga sturgeon usually from Russia; highly valued)

Holonyms ("hausen" is a member of...):

Acipenser; genus Acipenser (type genus of the Acipenseridae: sturgeons)


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