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beluga
[ buh-loo-guh ]
noun
- Also called hausen. a white sturgeon, Huso huso, of the Black and Caspian seas, valued as a source of caviar and isinglass.
- Also called sea canary, white whale. a cetacean, Delphinapterus leucas, of northern seas, that has a rounded head and is white when adult.
beluga
/ bɪˈluːɡə /
noun
- a large white sturgeon, Acipenser (or Huso ) huso , of the Black and Caspian Seas: a source of caviar and isinglass
- another name for white whale
Word History and Origins
Origin of beluga1
Word History and Origins
Origin of beluga1
Example Sentences
There are projects now to build sanctuaries for killer whales and belugas and dolphins, but they are moving slowly, and they didn’t exist at the time.
Perhaps my favorite observation took place in the Canadian Arctic with beluga whales.
In this shallow, three-foot-deep water, belugas will occasionally pick up pebbles with their mouths.
Just as belugas do, in between the hustle and bustle of our everyday lives, it’s essential for us to make time for other things—things that bring joy.
While she was a graduate student, she had tried to study cortisol in beluga whales in Manitoba, Canada.
Break out the smoked salmon and beluga (post heat, of course).
It has been noted that they are found in isolated pockets within that range and are not, like the beluga, widely distributed.
Like the other medium-sized whale in the same region, the beluga or white whale, the narwhal has no dorsal fin.
Among the creatures that visit the Lower St. Lawrence is the white whale,—beluga of the naturalists.
Soon the water is red for each beluga sheds eight or ten gallons of blood.
The enterprising Barnum exhibited in New York a beluga which drew a boat about in his aquarium.
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