‖ osseter Zool.
(əʊˈsɛtə(r))
[a. Russ. osétr = Serb. jesetra, Pol. jesiotr, Lith. asetras, ershketras sturgeon.]
A species of sturgeon, Acipenser Güldenstädtii.
| 1887 Chamb. Jrnl. IV. 630/2 The sturgeon..and its kindred the great sturgeon or beluga.., the sewruga.., the osseter (A. Guldenstadtii), and the small sturgeon or sterlet. |