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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Beluga \Be*lu"ga\ (b[-e]*l[=u]"g[.a]), n. [Russ. bieluga a sort
of large sturgeon, prop. white fish, fr bieluii white.]
(Zo["o]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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
beluga
n 1: valuable source of caviar and isinglass; found in Black and
Caspian seas [syn: {hausen}, {white sturgeon}, {Acipenser
huso}]
2: small northern whale that is white when adult [syn: {white
whale}, {Delphinapterus leucas}]
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