HAUSEN

beluga, hausen, white sturgeon, Acipenser huso

(noun) valuable source of caviar and isinglass; found in Black and Caspian seas

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

hausen (plural hausens)

The beluga (Huso huso)

Source: Wiktionary


Hau"sen, n. Etym: [G.] (Zoöl.)

Definition: A large sturgeon (Acipenser huso) from the region of the Black Sea. It is sometimes twelve feet long.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

27 May 2025

DIRECTIONALITY

(noun) the property of being directional or maintaining a direction; “the directionality of written English is from left to right”


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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by Alcaldía Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de Bolívar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.

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