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Meanings of beluga in English

Portuguese
baleia-branca
Catalan
balena blanca
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(Delphinapterus leucas) An Arctic and sub-Arctic species of cetacean, all white in color with a distinctive melon-shaped head.

baleia-branca
Portuguese
esturjão-branco

Valuable source of caviar and isinglass; found in Black and Caspian seas.

esturjão-branco
Usage of beluga in English
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Monks inspecting water reservoirs where sturgeon, beluga and starlet are being bred.
The Guardian
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He also suggested I bring some of my new shipment- aniceCaspian beluga.
French pressed
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Zaslavsky would not go into detail about future pricing for his beluga caviar.
Reuters
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We'll make it affordable to anybody who wants to try beluga, he said.
Reuters
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Let me start by saying that I find beluga whales to be creepy.
Wired
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They always clustered together in great colonies, resembling blankets of beluga.
The Neutronium Alchemist
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It is scientifically impossible to be sad while looking at a beluga whale.
Independent.ie
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The other was a beluga, with long, thin wisps pulled into a ponytail.
Cross Bones
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In a storeroom, Voskresensky keep tubs full of Russian sturgeon, beluga and starlet.
The Guardian
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Above us hung a beluga whale, casualty of some Pleistocene misfortune.
Death du Jour
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But Engstrom also knows a thing or two about the guilty pleasures of beluga caviar.
Reuters
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The Mystic Aquarium offers New England's only beluga whales.
Wired
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We hope to send a man to Alaska for a beluga whale & some walruses.
The new yorker
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Sandaled feet swung out, followed by a beluga body.
Bones Are Forever
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It renders beluga caviar indistinguishable from tinned ham, a duchess as creaturely as a dog.
The Guardian
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Know by these presents that I had 45 pounds of expensive beluga caviar in my freezer.
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