AC'IPENSER, adjective In ichthyology, a genus of fishes, of the order of chondropterygii, having an obtuse head; the mouth under the head, retractile and without teeth. To this genus belong the sturgeon, sterlet, huso, etc.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.