Definition of Belga
Be*lu"ga (b&esl;*lū"g&adot;), n. [Russ.
bieluga a sort of large sturgeon, prop. white fish, fr.
bieluii white.] (Zoöl.) A cetacean allied to the
dolphins.
&fist; The northern beluga (Delphinapterus catodon) is the
white whale and white fish of the whalers. It grows to be from twelve to
eighteen feet long.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- A whale, Delphinapterus leucas, related to the Narwhal
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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