beluga

Meaning

Noun

• A cetacean, Delphinapterus leucas, found in the Arctic Ocean.
• A fish found in the Caspian Sea and the Black Sea (Huso huso), that is a source of caviar.

Related

Similar words

• beluga whale, white whale, sea canary
• European sturgeon

Origin

• From the Russian белу́га, from бе́лый.
• In modern standard Russian, белу́га denotes the fish ("European sturgeon") only, while белу́ха denotes "white whale".