noun. The great sturgeon, Acipenser huso, of the rivers falling into the Black and Caspian seas, abounding especially in Russia. See sturgeon.

noun. [capitalized] A genus of such fishes.

noun. A large European sturgeon (Huso huso or Acipenser huso), inhabiting the region of the Black and Caspian Seas. It sometimes attains a length of more than twelve feet, and a weight of two thousand pounds. Called also hausen and beluga. It is the source of the finest and most esteemed caviar.

noun. The huchen, a large salmon.

noun. A large European sturgeon (Acipenser huso), inhabiting the Black and Caspian Seas; the beluga.

noun. The huchen, a large salmon.

"If the loom was a simple piece of mechanism, much more so was the spinning-machine -- the "huso," or "malacate" -- which was nothing more or less than the "whirligig spindle.""

beluga  hausen