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bəˈlu gəbel·u·ga

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. beluga, hausen, white sturgeon, Acipenser husonoun

    valuable source of caviar and isinglass; found in Black and Caspian seas

  2. white whale, beluga, Delphinapterus leucasnoun

    small northern whale that is white when adult

Wiktionary

  1. beluganoun

    A cetacean, Delphinapterus leucas, found in the Arctic Ocean.

  2. beluganoun

    A fish, Huso huso, found in the Caspian Sea and the Black Sea, that is a source of caviar

  3. Etymology: From the word белуга (in turn белый). In modern standard Russian белуга means the fish only (the "European sturgeon") and белуха a "white whale".

Webster Dictionary

  1. Beluganoun

    a cetacean allied to the dolphins

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Beluga

    be-lōō′ga, n. the white whale, one of the dolphin family, closely allied to the narwhal, 12 to 16 feet long, of creamy-white colour, found in droves round Greenland and all over the Arctic seas: applied also to a great Russian sturgeon—the Acipenser Huso. [Russ.]

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Beluga in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Beluga in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of Beluga in a Sentence

  1. Joergen Ree Wiig:

    The beluga whale has been spotted again in the area. We are very concerned that it is not able to feed itself.

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