belugas

Variant of beluga

beluga definition

be·luga (bə lo̵̅o̅′gə)

noun pl. beluga -·ga or belugas -·gas

  1. a large, white sturgeon (Huso huso) of the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea
  2. a large, white toothed whale (Delphinapterus leucas) of northern seas: it is in the same family (Monodontidae) as the narwhal
  3. caviar prepared from the eggs of the white sturgeon
    also called beluga caviar

Etymology: < Russ < byelyj, white (Russ byeluga, the sturgeon & byelukha, the whale) < IE base *bhel-, to gleam: see black

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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