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hawsom

hawsom noun: sturgeon.

Noun

hawsom (plural hawsoms)

  1. (obsolete) sturgeon
    • They say that the hawsom fish in the Danube has been taken twenty-one feet in length; they come up from the Euxine sea in the spring as far as Buda to spawn.1745, Richard Pococke, A Description of the East

Forms of hawsom

pluralhawsoms

Origin of hawsom

Borrowed from German Hausen (“sturgeon”).

Questions about hawsom

What does hawsom mean?
Hawsom means sturgeon.
What part of speech is hawsom?
Hawsom is a noun.
What is the plural of hawsom?
The plural of hawsom is hawsoms.

Words near hawsom in the dictionary

  1. hawses
  2. hawsing
  3. Hawsker
  4. Hawsker-cum-Stainsacre
  5. Hawsmith
  6. hawsom
  7. hawsoms
  8. Hawson
  9. hawss
  10. hawsses
  11. Hawstone

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