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hau⋅sen

  [haw-zuhn; Ger. hou-zuhn]
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–noun
beluga (def. 1).
Origin:
1735–45; < G; OHG hūso; see isinglass

be⋅lu⋅ga

  [buh-loo-guh]
–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 beluga, white whale. a cetacean, Delphinapterus leucas, of northern seas, that has a rounded head and is white when adult.
Origin:
1585–95; < Russ belúga (now regularly belúkha for the cetacean), equiv. to bél(yĭ) white + -uga, prob. earlier *-ǫga (cf. Czech pstruh, Pol pstrąg trout < *pĭstr- mottled + *-ǫgŭ a cognate suffix)
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Word Origin & History

beluga 
1591, from Rus. beluga, lit. "great white," from belo- "white" + augmentative suffix -uga. Originally the great sturgeon, found in the Caspian and Black seas; later (1817) also the small white whale (Delphinapterus leucas) found in northern seas.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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