Word of the Day:
beluga
What It Means
A whale, Delphinapterus leucas, found in the Arctic Ocean.
A fish, Huso huso, that is a source of caviar, which is found in the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea.
Beluga in Context
“Each summer some 1,500 belugas gather in Cunningham Inlet, drawn in part by the clean sand-and-gravel bottom in the shallows.”
Did You Know?
Borrowed from Russian белу́га (belúga), from бе́лый (bélyj, “white”). In modern standard Russian, белу́га (belúga) denotes the fish Huso huso only, while белу́ха (belúxa) denotes the cetacean.
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