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beluga
[ buh-loo-guh ]
/ bəˈlu gə /
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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.
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Origin of beluga
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)
Words nearby beluga
Beltsville small white, Beltsy, belt-tightening, belt up, beltway, beluga, Belukha, belvedere, Belvidere, Belvoir Castle, Bely
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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
Word Origin for beluga
C18: from Russian byeluga, from byely white
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