单词 | beluga |
释义 | beluga /beuh looh"geuh/, n. 1. Also called hausen. a white sturgeon, Huso huso, of the Black and Caspian seas, valued as a source of caviar and isinglass. 2. Also called white whale. a cetacean, Delphinapterus leucas, of northern seas, that has a rounded head and is white when adult. [1585-95; < Russ belúga (now regularly belúkha for the cetacean), equiv. to bél(yi) white + -uga, prob. earlier *-oga (cf. Czech pstruh, Pol pstrag trout < *pistr- mottled + *-ogu a cognate suffix)] |
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