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beluga
1: a large white sturgeon (Huso huso syn. Acipenser huso) of the Black Sea, Caspian Sea, and their tributaries
; also : caviar processed from beluga roe
— compare osetra, sevruga2
[Russian belukha, from belyĭ]
: a toothed whale (Delphinapterus leucas) of arctic and subarctic waters having a fusiform body that is about 10 to 15 feet (3.0 to 5.0 meters) long and white when mature —called also white whale
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