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noun

Beluga n.

(Zool.) A cetacean allied to the dolphins. Note: The northern beluga (Delphinapterus catodon) is the white whale and white fish of the whalers. It grows to be from twelve to eighteen feet long.

The sturgeon (Huso huso) native to the Black Sea and Caspian Sea; also called hausen. It is valued for its roe, sold as caviar, and is also used for production of isinglass. See also sturgeon.

The caviar obtained from the beluga (2); also called beluga caviar. The caviar of the beluga is considered the finest sort, larger and of a taste superior to that obtained from other sturgeon. See also sturgeon and caviar.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... America; also a name of the hard-head (which see). It is a general name for ling, cod, tusk, haddock, halibut, and the like, and for roach, dace, &c., from the use of their scales to form artificial pearls. Also applied to the beluga or white whale (Beluga leucas), a cetacean found in the Arctic seas and the Gulf of St. Lawrence. It is from 12 to ...

— The Sailor's Word-Book • William Henry Smyth

... or beluga, of equal size with the narwhal, on the other hand, occurs in large shoals on the coasts of Spitzbergen and Novaya Zemlya, especially near the mouths of fresh-water streams. These animals were formerly captured, but not with any great success, by means of a peculiar sort of harpoon, called by ...

— The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II • A.E. Nordenskieold