NOUN | animal | white sturgeon, beluga, hausen, Acipenser huso | valuable source of caviar and isinglass |
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animal | white sturgeon, Pacific sturgeon, Sacramento sturgeon, Acipenser transmontanus | food and game fish of marine and fresh waters of northwestern coast of North America |
Meaning | Valuable source of caviar and isinglass; found in Black and Caspian seas. | |
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Synonyms | beluga, hausen, Acipenser huso | |
Member of | Acipenser, genus Acipenser | type genus of the Acipenseridae |
Parts | beluga caviar | Roe of beluga sturgeon usually from Russia |
Broader | sturgeon | large primitive fishes valued for their flesh and roe |
Spanish | beluga, hausen | |
Catalan | beluga, hausen |
Meaning | food and game fish of marine and fresh waters of northwestern coast of North America. | |
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Synonyms | Pacific sturgeon, Sacramento sturgeon, Acipenser transmontanus | |
Member of | Acipenser, genus Acipenser | type genus of the Acipenseridae |
Broader | sturgeon | large primitive fishes valued for their flesh and roe |
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