beluga : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: beluga	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
beluga n valuable source of caviar and isinglass; found in Black and Caspian seas Synonym(s): beluga, hausen, white sturgeon, Acipenser huso small northern whale that is white when adult Synonym(s): white whale, beluga, Delphinapterus leucas
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Beluga \Belu"ga\ (b[esl]l[umac]"g[adot]), n. [Russ. bieluga a sort of large sturgeon, prop. white fish, fr. bieluii white.] (Zo[94]l.) A cetacean allied to the dolphins. Note: The northern beluga ({Delphinapterus catodon}) is the white whale and white fish of the whalers. It grows to be from twelve to eighteen feet long.