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Beluga

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Noun

1. acipenser huso, beluga, hausen, white sturgeon

valuable source of caviar and isinglass; found in Black and Caspian seas

2. beluga, delphinapterus leucas, white whale

small northern whale that is white when adult

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Beluga

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noun
1. 
a large white sturgeon, Acipenser (or Huso) huso, of the Black and Caspian Seas: a source of caviar and isinglass
. Also called: hausen
2.  another name for white whale

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Beluga

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nounWord forms: plural beˈluga or beˈlugas
1. 
a large, white sturgeon (Huso huso) of the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea
2. 
a large, white toothed whale (Delphinapterus leucas) of northern seas: it is in the same family (Monodontidae) as the narwhal
3. 
caviar prepared from the eggs of the white sturgeon
: also called beluga caviar

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Beluga

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n.
1. A small toothed whale (Delphinapterus leucas) chiefly of the Arctic Ocean, having a bulbous forehead and a white body when full-grown. Also called white whale.
2.
a. A large white anadromous sturgeon (Huso huso) of the Black and Caspian Seas, valued for its roe. Also called beluga sturgeon, whitefish.
b. Caviar made from the roe of this fish, having large grayish grains.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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