1.
[syn: caviar, caviare]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Hausen \Hau"sen\ (h[add]"s[e^]n), n. [G.] (Zool.)
A large sturgeon (Acipenser huso syn. Huso huso) from the
region of the Black Sea; also called Beluga. It is
sometimes twelve feet long, and provides the highest quality
caviar.
[1913 Webster +PJC]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Beluga \Be*lu"ga\ (b[-e]*l[=u]"g[.a]), n. [Russ. bieluga a sort
of large sturgeon, prop. white fish, fr. bieluii white. The
whale is now commonly called bieluka in Russian.]
1. (Zool.) A cetacean allied to the dolphins.
[1913 Webster]
Note: The northern beluga (Delphinapterus catodon) is the
white whale and white fish of the whalers. It grows
to be from twelve to eighteen feet long.
[1913 Webster]
2. the sturgeon (Huso huso) native to the Black Sea and
Caspian Sea; -- also called hausen. It is valued for its
roe, sold as caviar, and is also used for production of
isinglass. See also sturgeon.
[PJC]
3. the caviar obtained from the beluga[2]; -- also called
beluga caviar. The caviar of the beluga is considered
the finest sort, larger and of a taste superior to that
obtained from other sturgeon. See also sturgeon and
caviar.
[PJC]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Caviar \Cav"i*ar\, Caviare \Ca*viare"\, n. [F. caviar, fr. It.
caviale, fr. Turk. Hav[imac][=a]r.]
The roes of the sturgeon, prepared and salted; -- used as a
relish, esp. in Russia.
[1913 Webster]
Note: Caviare was considered a delicacy, by some, in
Shakespeare's time, but was not relished by most. Hence
Hamlet says of a certain play. "'T was caviare to the
general," i. e., above the taste of the common people.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
caviar
n 1: salted roe of sturgeon or other large fish; usually served
as an hors d'oeuvre [syn: caviar, caviare]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
22 Moby Thesaurus words for "caviar":
albumen, anguille, eel, egg, egg white, eggshell, fish, fish eggs,
glair, kipper, kippered salmon, ovule, poisson, red herring, roe,
seafood, smoked herring, spawn, vitellus, white, yellow, yolk