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noun
1.
Also called hausen. a white sturgeon, Huso huso, of the Black and Caspian seas, valued as a source of caviar and isinglass.
2.
Also called sea canary, white whale. a cetacean, Delphinapterus leucas, of northern seas, that has a rounded head and is white when adult.
Origin:
1585–95; < Russian belúga (now regularly belúkha for the cetacean), equivalent to bél(yĭ) white + -uga, probably earlier *-ǫga (compare Czech pstruh, Polish pstrąg trout < *pĭstr- mottled + *-ǫgŭ a cognate suffix)
1585–95; < Russian belúga (now regularly belúkha for the cetacean), equivalent to bél(yĭ) white + -uga, probably earlier *-ǫga (compare Czech pstruh, Polish pstrąg trout < *pĭstr- mottled + *-ǫgŭ a cognate suffix)
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| beluga (bɪˈluːɡə) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a large white sturgeon, Acipenser (or Huso) huso, of the Black and Caspian Seas: a source of caviar and isinglass |
| 2. | another name for white whale |
| [C18: from Russian byeluga, from byely white] | |
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beluga
1590s, from Rus. beluga, lit. "great white," from belo- "white" (from PIE *bhel-o-, from base *bhel- (1) "to shine, flash, burn;" see bleach) + augmentative suffix -uga. Originally the great sturgeon, found in the Caspian and Black seas; later (1817) also the small white
EXPAND whale (Delphinapterus leucas) found in northern seas.
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