Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - beluga
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Beluga
beluga
noun Etymology: Russian, from belyi white; akin to Greek phalios having a white spot — more at bald Date: 1772 1. a large white sturgeon (Huso huso syn. Acipenser huso) of the Black Sea, Caspian Sea, and their tributaries; also caviar processed from ~ roe — compare osetra, sevruga 2. Russian belukha, from belyi a toothed whale (Delphinapterus leucas) of arctic and subarctic waters having a fusiform body that is about 10 to 15 feet (3.0 to 5.0 meters) long and white when mature — called also white whale
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n. 1 a a large kind of sturgeon, Huso huso. b caviare obtained from it. 2 a white whale. Etymology: Russ. beluga f. belyi white ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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- 1591, from Rus. beluga, from belo- "white." The great sturgeon, found in the Caspian and Black seas; also a small white whale found in northern seas. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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