caviar

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

caviar
    n 1: salted roe of sturgeon or other large fish; usually served
         as an hors d'oeuvre [syn: {caviar}, {caviare}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Hausen \Hau"sen\ (h[add]"s[e^]n), n. [G.] (Zool.)
   A large sturgeon ({Acipenser huso} syn. {Huso huso}) from the
   region of the Black Sea; also called {Beluga}. It is
   sometimes twelve feet long, and provides the highest quality
   {caviar}.
   [1913 Webster +PJC]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Beluga \Be*lu"ga\ (b[-e]*l[=u]"g[.a]), n. [Russ. bieluga a sort
   of large sturgeon, prop. white fish, fr. bieluii white. The
   whale is now commonly called bieluka in Russian.]
   1. (Zool.) A cetacean allied to the dolphins.
      [1913 Webster]

   Note: The northern beluga ({Delphinapterus catodon}) is the
         {white whale} and {white fish} of the whalers. It grows
         to be from twelve to eighteen feet long.
         [1913 Webster]

   2. the sturgeon ({Huso huso}) native to the Black Sea and
      Caspian Sea; -- also called {hausen}. It is valued for its
      roe, sold as {caviar}, and is also used for production of
      isinglass. See also {sturgeon}.
      [PJC]

   3. the caviar obtained from the beluga[2]; -- also called
      {beluga caviar}. The caviar of the beluga is considered
      the finest sort, larger and of a taste superior to that
      obtained from other sturgeon. See also {sturgeon} and
      {caviar}.
      [PJC]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Caviar \Cav"i*ar\, Caviare \Ca*viare"\, n. [F. caviar, fr. It.
   caviale, fr. Turk. Hav[imac][=a]r.]
   The roes of the sturgeon, prepared and salted; -- used as a
   relish, esp. in Russia.
   [1913 Webster]

   Note: Caviare was considered a delicacy, by some, in
         Shakespeare's time, but was not relished by most. Hence
         Hamlet says of a certain play. "'T was caviare to the
         general," i. e., above the taste of the common people.
         [1913 Webster]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

22 Moby Thesaurus words for "caviar":
      albumen, anguille, eel, egg, egg white, eggshell, fish, fish eggs,
      glair, kipper, kippered salmon, ovule, poisson, red herring, roe,
      seafood, smoked herring, spawn, vitellus, white, yellow, yolk