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white-whale
white whale
noun
beluga
(
def 2
)
.
Origin:
1680–90
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white whale
—
n
Also called:
beluga
a small white toothed whale,
Delphinapterus leucas,
of northern waters: family
Monodontidae
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
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