beluga
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
beluga /bəˈluːgə/
▶noun (pl. same or belugas)
- 1 a small white toothed whale of Arctic coastal waters, related to the narwhal. [Delphinapterus leucas.]
- 2 a very large sturgeon occurring in the inland seas and rivers of central Eurasia, from which caviar is obtained. [Huso huso.]
– origin C16: from Russ. belukha, beluga, from belyĭ ‘white’.
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