Acipenser

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Acipenser \Ac`i*pen"ser\, prop. n. [L., the name of a fish.]
     (Zool.)
     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}.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Acipenser
       n : type genus of the Acipenseridae: sturgeons [syn: {genus
           Acipenser}]