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beluga
[ buh-loo-guh ]
noun
- Also called hausen. a white sturgeon, Huso huso, of the Black and Caspian seas, valued as a source of caviar and isinglass.
- Also called sea canary, white whale. a cetacean, Delphinapterus leucas, of northern seas, that has a rounded head and is white when adult.
beluga
/ bɪˈluːɡə /
noun
- a large white sturgeon, Acipenser (or Huso ) huso , of the Black and Caspian Seas: a source of caviar and isinglass
- another name for white whale
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Word History and Origins
Origin of beluga1
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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Word History and Origins
Origin of beluga1
C18: from Russian byeluga , from byely white
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Example Sentences
Break out the smoked salmon and beluga (post heat, of course).
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It has been noted that they are found in isolated pockets within that range and are not, like the beluga, widely distributed.
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Like the other medium-sized whale in the same region, the beluga or white whale, the narwhal has no dorsal fin.
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Among the creatures that visit the Lower St. Lawrence is the white whale,—beluga of the naturalists.
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Soon the water is red for each beluga sheds eight or ten gallons of blood.
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The enterprising Barnum exhibited in New York a beluga which drew a boat about in his aquarium.
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