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Definitions: Beluga |
BelugaNoun1. Valuable source of caviar and isinglass; found in Black and Caspian seas. 2. Small northern whale that is white when adult. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: BelugaSynonyms: hausen (n), white sturgeon (n), white whale (n). (additional references) |
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| Delphinapterus leucas |
The Beluga Delphinapterus leucas is an Arctic and subarctic species of cetacean similar in size and shape to a dolphin. It is related to the Narwhal, and possibly also to the similar Irrawaddy Dolphin.
This small gregarious whale can be up to 5m long, and weigh 1.5 tonnes. Birthweight is about 80kg. This whale is unmistakeable when adult: it is all white, has a small rounded head, and has a dorsal ridge rather than a fin.
These are slow-swimming mammals which feed mainly on fish. Some populations migrate, but ice cover decides the extent of this.
The main natural predators are Polar Bears, especially when the whales become trapped in ice. Man; of course; is the most serious threat. Inuits have traditionally hunted this species, but commercial over-hunting is a cause of concern. Human disturbance and pollution are also threats. The bodies of the Belugas resident in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, Canada, contain so many contaminants that dead whales are treated as toxic waste.
Belugas are one of the few whales that are kept at aquariums and sea life parks. There, they are a popular attraction with their attractive colour, and their characteristicly fixed "smile" on their faces that is more pronounced than on a typical porpoise.
The Beluga, of course, has nothing to do with Beluga caviar, which is the roe of a fish, the Beluga sturgeon.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Beluga."
Crosswords: Beluga |
| English words defined with "beluga": beluga caviar ♦ existent, existing ♦ Sea canary ♦ white whale. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Beluga" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. Occitan (flash). |
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Movie/TV Titles | La Complainte du beluga (1989) Beluga Baby (1978) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Beluga mother whale and calf - Delphinapterus leucas.Credit: NOAA's Ark (Animals). |  | A pod of beluga whales - Delphinapterus leucas.Credit: NOAA's Ark (Animals). |
 | "Beluga or White Whale." In: "An account of the Arctic regions with a history and description of the northern whale-fishery", by W. Scoresby. 1820. P. 588, Vol. II. Plate XIV. Library Call Number G742 .S42 1820 .Credit: Treasures of the Library. |  | Natives harpooning the beluga, or white whale, at Cook's Inlet, Alaska Drawing by H. W. Elliott, 1883.Credit: National Marine Fisheries Historical Image Collection. |
 | Plate 6. The White Whale, or Beluga. Delphinapterus catodon, (L.) Gill. The Narwhal. Monodon monoceros, L.Credit: National Marine Fisheries Historical Image Collection. | ||
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Economic History | Luxembourg | The Luxembourg army is integrated into the Multinational Beluga Force under Belgian command. (references) |
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| "Beluga" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 83.33% of the time. "Beluga" is used about 24 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 83.33% | 20 | 78,262 |
| Noun (proper) | 16.67% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Total | 100.00% | 24 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "beluga": beluga caviar. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
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Chinese | 白海豚. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | beluga, hus (box, case, casing, encapsulation, header, house, housing, jacket). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | beluga (beluga whale, white whale), beloega (beluga whale, white whale), huso. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | kitasampi. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | beluga, belouga (beluga whale), béluga, huiron, grand esturgeon. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Beluga (beluga whale, white whale), Hausen (abide, dwell, habitation, hang out, live, sturgeon, wreak havoc), Europäischer Hausen. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | beluga, στουριόνι (fringe-barbel sturgeon, ship, Siberian sterlet, sterlet), μπελούγκα, μουρούνα (blue ling, cod, fringe-barbel sturgeon, Mediterranean ling, ship, Spanish ling, sturgeon). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | fekete-tengeri fehér színű tok, fehér fogú bálna. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Inuktitut | qilalugaq (beluga whale). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | beluga (beluga whale, white whale), storione ladano. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 흰돌 래. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | elugabay beluga, esturjao-beluga, esturjão-beluga. (various references) белуга (huso). (various references) beluga (beluga whale, white whale), esturión beluga. (various references) belugastör, hus (box, cabana, case, casing, establishment, family, hall, home, house, household, houses, housing). (various references) morina (cod, codfish). (various references) білуха (cowfish, white whale). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | Huso huso, Huso huso (Linnaeus). (various references) |
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Words beginning with "beluga": belugas. (additional references) | |
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"Beluga" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: abilugan, Balagan, Balija, baluga, belauan, belg, belga, belgua, belgum, belluga, Bequai, Bequia, Berlanga, beuge, bieluga, Bjelica, Blaga, Bleugh, blug, blugga, bolga, bulagat, Bulova, eluge, Meluha, Welega. (additional references) | |
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| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "beluga" (pronounced buluw"gu) |
| 3 | -uw" g u | sevruga. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-e-g-l-u" | |
-1 letter: bagel, belga, bugle, bulge, gable, gleba. | |
-2 letters: able, ague, bale, beau, blae, blue, egal, gale, glue, lube, luge. | |
-3 letters: age, alb, ale, bag, bal, beg, bel, bug, eau, gab, gae, gal, gel, gul, lab, lag, lea, leg, leu, lug. | |
-4 letters: ab, ae, ag, al, ba, be, el, la. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-e-g-l-u" | |
+1 letter: belugas, bulkage. | |
+2 letters: arguable, bulkages, guidable, gullable, gustable, huggable, mealybug, slugabed. | |
+3 letters: beglamour, belauding, beleaguer, bluegrass, groupable, guessable, gustables, laughable, mealybugs, slugabeds. | |
+4 letters: beglamours, beleaguers, burglaries, burglarize, coagulable, impugnable, inarguable, subleasing, unarguable, upgradable. | |
+5 letters: beglamoured, belabouring, beleaguered, bluegrasses, bullyragged, burglarized, burglarizes, outbleating, sublanguage, subregional, umbrellaing, unbudgeable, unbudgeably, ungraspable, unguessable, unignorable, upgradeable. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)42 65 6C 75 67 61 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-... . .-.. ..- --. .- |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000010 01100101 01101100 01110101 01100111 01100001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)B e l u g a |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0042 0065 006C 0075 0067 0061 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)367178877367 |
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