genus Acipenser

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genus Acipenser - type genus of the Acipenseridae: sturgeonsAcipenserfish genus - any of various genus of fishAcipenseridae, family Acipenseridae - sturgeonsAcipenser transmontanus, Pacific sturgeon, Sacramento sturgeon, white sturgeon - food and game fish of marine and fresh waters of northwestern coast of North AmericaAcipenser huso, beluga, hausen, white sturgeon - valuable source of caviar and isinglass; found in Black and Caspian seas