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Webster 1913 Edition
Acipenser
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Acˊi-pen′ser
,p
rop.
Noun.
[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
. Webster 1828 Edition
Acipenser
AC'IPENSER
,Adj.
Definition 2024
Acipenser
Acipenser
See also: acipenser
Translingual
Acipenser oxyrinchus oxyrinchus
Proper noun
Acipenser m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Acipenseridae – ganoid fishes, including the sturgeons, having the body armed with bony scales, and the mouth on the under side of the head.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Osteichthyes - superclass; Actinopterygii - class; Chondrostei - subclass; Acipenseriformes - order; Acipenseridae - family; Acipenserinae - subfamily
acipenser
acipenser
See also: Acipenser
Latin
Alternative forms
- acipēnsis
- acupēnser
Noun
acipēnser m (genitive acipēnseris); third declension
Inflection
Third declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | acipēnser | acipēnserēs |
| genitive | acipēnseris | acipēnserum |
| dative | acipēnserī | acipēnseribus |
| accusative | acipēnserem | acipēnserēs |
| ablative | acipēnsere | acipēnseribus |
| vocative | acipēnser | acipēnserēs |
Synonyms
- (fish highly esteemed; sturgeon): helops
Descendants
- Translingual: Acipenser
References
- acipenser in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- acipenser in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “acipenser”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.