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Acipenser

Acipenser Meaning & Definition
Acipenser Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Acipenser?

[n] type genus of the Acipenseridae: sturgeons

Synonyms | Synonyms for Acipenser: genus Acipenser

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See Also | Acipenser huso | Acipenser transmontanus | Acipenseridae | beluga | family Acipenseridae | fish genus | hausen | Pacific sturgeon | Sacramento sturgeon | white sturgeon

Acipenser In Webster's Dictionary

\Ac`i*pen"ser\, n. [L., the name of a fish.] (Zo["o]l.) A genus of ganoid fishes, including the sturgeons, having the body armed with bony scales, and the mouth on the under side of the head. See {Sturgeon}.

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