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Noun: beluga  bu'loo-gu
  1. Valuable source of caviar and isinglass; found in Black and Caspian seas
    - hausen, white sturgeon, Acipenser huso
     
  2. Small northern whale that is white when adult
    - white whale, Delphinapterus leucas

Derived forms: belugas

Type of: dolphin, sturgeon

Part of: Acipenser, Delphinapterus, genus Acipenser, genus Delphinapterus

Encyclopedia: Beluga, Alaska

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