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beluga
[ buh-loo-guh ]
noun
- Also called hausen. a white sturgeon, Huso huso, of the Black and Caspian seas, valued as a source of caviar and isinglass.
- Also called sea canary, white whale. a cetacean, Delphinapterus leucas, of northern seas, that has a rounded head and is white when adult.
beluga
/ ɪˈːɡə /
noun
- a large white sturgeon, Acipenser (or Huso ) huso , of the Black and Caspian Seas: a source of caviar and isinglass
- another name for white whale
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of beluga1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of beluga1
Example Sentences
"We’ve been to see the brown bears fishing the salmon out of a river in Alaska, we saw beluga whales in Hudson Bay, Canada," Liz says.
The sighting was unusual because the beluga was so tame and they're rarely seen as far south.
One Whale was founded to track the beluga, which rose to fame after being spotted in Norwegian waters five years ago.
A beluga whale suspected of having been trained as a spy by Russia has been found dead off the Norwegian coast.
Menopause is known to exist in five species of toothed whale: short-finned pilot whales, false killer whales, killer whales, narwhals and beluga whales.
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