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2 definitions found 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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