hawsom

H4A1W4S1O1M3

noun

sturgeon

OriginGerman Hausen →
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Meanings

nounhawsom (plural hawsoms)

plural hawsoms

  1. obsoletesturgeon

    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

Origin

  1. GermanHausen“sturgeon”
  2. Englishhawsom

Borrowed from German Hausen (“sturgeon”).

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APA

hawsom. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hawsom

MLA

“hawsom.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hawsom. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hawsom,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hawsom.

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