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beluga

[ buh-loo-guh ]

noun

  1. Also called hausen. a white sturgeon, Huso huso, of the Black and Caspian seas, valued as a source of caviar and isinglass.
  2. Also called sea canary, white whale. a cetacean, Delphinapterus leucas, of northern seas, that has a rounded head and is white when adult.


beluga

/ ²úɪˈ±ô³ÜËÉ¡É™ /

noun

  1. a large white sturgeon, Acipenser (or Huso ) huso , of the Black and Caspian Seas: a source of caviar and isinglass
  2. another name for white whale
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of beluga1

1585–95; < Russian ²ú±ð±ôú²µ²¹ (now regularly ²ú±ð±ôú°ì³ó²¹ for the cetacean), equivalent to ²úé±ô ( ²âÄ­ ) white + -uga, probably earlier *-Ç«²µ²¹ (compare Czech pstruh, Polish ±è²õ³Ù°ùÄ…²µ trout < *±èÄ­²õ³Ù°ù- mottled + *-Ç«²µÅ­ a cognate suffix)
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of beluga1

C18: from Russian byeluga , from byely white
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"We’ve been to see the brown bears fishing the salmon out of a river in Alaska, we saw beluga whales in Hudson Bay, Canada," Liz says.

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The sighting was unusual because the beluga was so tame and they're rarely seen as far south.

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One Whale was founded to track the beluga, which rose to fame after being spotted in Norwegian waters five years ago.

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A beluga whale suspected of having been trained as a spy by Russia has been found dead off the Norwegian coast.

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Menopause is known to exist in five species of toothed whale: short-finned pilot whales, false killer whales, killer whales, narwhals and beluga whales.

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