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ACIPENSER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Acipenser mean?
• ACIPENSER (noun)
The noun ACIPENSER has 1 sense:
1. type genus of the Acipenseridae: sturgeons
Familiarity information: ACIPENSER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Type genus of the Acipenseridae: sturgeons
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Acipenser; genus Acipenser
Hypernyms ("Acipenser" is a kind of...):
fish genus (any of various genus of fish)
Meronyms (members of "Acipenser"):
Acipenser transmontanus; Pacific sturgeon; Sacramento sturgeon; white sturgeon (food and game fish of marine and fresh waters of northwestern coast of North America)
Acipenser huso; beluga; hausen; white sturgeon (valuable source of caviar and isinglass; found in Black and Caspian seas)
Holonyms ("Acipenser" is a member of...):
Acipenseridae; family Acipenseridae (sturgeons)
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