beluga (whale)

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• Beluga whale — White Whale redirects here. For other uses, see White Whale (disambiguation). Beluga[1] …   Wikipedia

• Beluga (whale) — Taxobox name = BelugaMSW3 Cetacea|id=14300105] status = NT status system = iucn3.1 status ref = [IUCN2008| assessors=Jefferson, T.A., Karczmarski, L., Laidre, K., O’Corry Crowe, G., Reeves, R.R., Rojas Bracho, L., Secchi, E.R., Slooten, E., Smith …   Wikipedia

• Beluga — may refer to:*Beluga (whale), a type of whale *Beluga (sturgeon), the fish whose roe is sold as Beluga caviar *Airbus Beluga, an airplane *Beluga class submarine, Russian submarine class *Beluga, Alaska, a community in the United States …   Wikipedia

• beluga — noun /bəˈluː.ɡə/ a) A cetacean, , found in the Arctic Ocean. b) A fish, , found in the Caspian Sea and the Black Sea, that is a source of caviar Syn: beluga whale, white whale, sea canary …   Wiktionary

• Beluga — Be*lu ga (b[ e]*l[=u] g[.a]), n. [Russ. bieluga a sort of large sturgeon, prop. white fish, fr. bieluii white. The whale is now commonly called bieluka in Russian.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) A cetacean allied to the dolphins. [1913 Webster] Note: The… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• beluga caviar — Beluga Be*lu ga (b[ e]*l[=u] g[.a]), n. [Russ. bieluga a sort of large sturgeon, prop. white fish, fr. bieluii white. The whale is now commonly called bieluka in Russian.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) A cetacean allied to the dolphins. [1913 Webster] Note: The… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• beluga — [bə lo͞o′gə] n. pl. beluga or belugas [< Russ < byelyj, white (Russ byeluga, the sturgeon & byelukha, the whale) < IE base * bhel , to gleam: see BLACK] 1. a large, white sturgeon (Huso huso) of the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea 2. a… …   English World dictionary

• Whale song — is the sound made by whales to communicate. The word song is used in particular to describe the pattern of regular and predictable sounds made by some species of whales, notably the humpback. This is included with or in comparison with music, and …   Wikipedia

• Whale Cove, Nunavut — Whale Cove (ᑎᑭᕋᕐᔪᐊᖅ in Inuktitut syllabics) ( Tikiraqjuaq , meaning long point ), is a hamlet located convert|45|mi|km|0 south of Rankin Inlet, convert|100|mi|km|0 north of Arviat, in Kivalliq Region, Nunavut, Canada, on the western shore of… …   Wikipedia

• beluga — 1590s, from Rus. beluga, lit. great white, from belo white (from PIE *bhel o , from root *bhel (1) to shine, flash, burn; see BLEACH (Cf. bleach)) + augmentative suffix uga. Originally the great sturgeon, found in the Caspian and Black seas;… …   Etymology dictionary

• Belūga [2] — Belūga, 1) (Delphinus leucas L., Delphinapterus B. Lacép., Cetus albicans, engl. Whitefish, Withe Whale, Weißfisch, Weißwall), Art aus der Gattung Delphin; Rückensinne fehlt, Farbe weißlich, braunfleckig, 18 Fuß lang, Kopf klein, niedergebogen,… …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon