beluga
noun/bəˈluːɡə/
/bəˈluːɡə/
(plural beluga, belugas)
- [countable] a type of small whale
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- [countable] a type of large fish that lives in rivers and lakes in eastern EuropeTopics Fish and shellfishc2
- (also beluga caviar)[uncountable] a type of caviar (= fish eggs), from a beluga
Word Originlate 16th cent. (in senses (2) and (3)): from Russian belukha (sense (1)), beluga (senses (2) and (3)), both from belyĭ ‘white’.
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