A small white toothed whale, Delphinapterus leucas, of coastal waters in the Arctic. Now usually more fully beluga whale.
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| 释义 | the world > animals > mammals > order Cetacea (whales) > suborder Odontoceti > [noun] > family Monodontidae > genus Delphinapterus (white whale) (5) beluga1605 A small white toothed whale, Delphinapterus leucas, of coastal waters in the Arctic. Now usually more fully beluga whale. white whale1635 (a) the beluga whale, Delphinapterus leucas, the adults of which are typically pure white in colour; (in later use also) any whale of the family Mo… whitefish1792 The white whale or beluga, Delphinapterus leucas. Formerly also: †the beluga sturgeon, Huso huso (obsolete). Now rare. porpoise1841 Chiefly Canadian. The beluga, Delphinapterus leucas. More fully white porpoise. sea-canary1879 a sailor's name for the white whale or beluga, Delphinapterus leucas, of the dolphin family (see quot. 1879). |
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