Meanings
beluga1
plural belugas · alternative Beluga
- A whale, Delphinapterus leucas, found in the Arctic Ocean.
Each summer some 1,500 belugas gather in Cunningham Inlet, drawn in part by the clean sand-and-gravel bottom in the shallows.
1989 May, Jeff MacInnis, “Braving the Northwest Passage”, in National Geographic, volume 175, number 5, page 594Synonyms: beluga whale, melonhead, sea canary, white whale, whitefish
- A fish, Huso huso, that is a source of caviar, which is found in the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea.
Synonyms: European sturgeon
Beluga2
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA whale, Delphinapterus leucas, found in the Arctic Ocean.
nounA fish, Huso huso, that is a source of caviar, which is found in the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea.
More synonyms by meaning
nounvaluable source of caviar and isinglass; found in Black and Caspian seas
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Basque beluga, balea zuri
- belugaDelphinapterus leucas
- balea zuriDelphinapterus leucas
Bulgarian белу́га, белу́га
- белу́га (belúga)Delphinapterus leucas
- белу́га (belúga)Huso huso
Catalan beluga, balena blanca
- belugaDelphinapterus leucas
- balena blancaDelphinapterus leucas
- marsuíDelphinapterus leucas
- esturió belugaHuso huso
Chinese Mandarin 白鯨 /白鲸, 貝魯卡鯨 /贝鲁卡鲸
- 白鯨 /白鲸 (báijīng)Delphinapterus leucas
- 貝魯卡鯨 /贝鲁卡鲸 (bèilǔkǎ jīng)Delphinapterus leucas
- 大鰉魚 /大鳇鱼 (dàhuángyú)Huso huso
- 鱘魚 /鲟鱼 (xúnyú)Huso huso
Czech běluha, vyza
- běluhaDelphinapterus leucas
- vyzaHuso huso
Danish hvidhval
- hvidhvalDelphinapterus leucas
Dutch beloega
- beloegaDelphinapterus leucas
Esperanto belugo
- belugoDelphinapterus leucas
Estonian valgevaal, beluuga
- valgevaalDelphinapterus leucas
- beluugaHuso huso
Finnish beluga, maitovalas
- belugaDelphinapterus leucas
- maitovalasDelphinapterus leucas
- kitasampiHuso huso
French bélouga, béluga
- bélougaDelphinapterus leucas
- bélugaDelphinapterus leucas
German Beluga, Weißwal
- BelugaDelphinapterus leucas
- WeißwalDelphinapterus leucas
- BelugastörHuso huso
- Europäischer HausenHuso huso
Greek μπελούγκα
- μπελούγκα (beloúgka)Delphinapterus leucas
Hungarian beluga, fehér delfin
- belugaDelphinapterus leucas
- fehér delfinDelphinapterus leucas
- fehér bálnaDelphinapterus leucas
- vizaHuso huso
Icelandic hússtyrja, kavíarstyrja
- hússtyrjaHuso huso
- kavíarstyrjaHuso huso
Indonesian paus putih, kenari laut
- paus putihDelphinapterus leucas
- kenari lautDelphinapterus leucas
- setur besarHuso huso
- ikan belugaHuso huso
Italian beluga, balena beluga
- belugaDelphinapterus leucas
- balena belugaDelphinapterus leucas
- balena biancaDelphinapterus leucas
- storione belugaHuso huso
- storione ladanoHuso huso
Japanese 白海豚, オオチョウザメ
- 白海豚 (shiroiruka)Delphinapterus leucas
- オオチョウザメ (ōchōzame)Huso huso
Norwegian Bokmål hvithval, kvitkval
- hvithvalDelphinapterus leucas
- kvitkvalDelphinapterus leucas
Persian نهنگ سفید
- نهنگ سفید (nahang-e sefid)Delphinapterus leucas
Polish białucha, bieługa
- białuchaDelphinapterus leucas
- bieługaHuso huso
Portuguese beluga
- belugaDelphinapterus leucas
Romanian beluga, beluga
- belugaDelphinapterus leucas
- belugaHuso huso
- morunHuso huso
Russian белу́ха, белу́га
- белу́ха (belúxa)Delphinapterus leucas
- белу́га (belúga)Delphinapterus leucas
- белу́га (belúga)Huso huso
Slovak bieluha
- bieluhaDelphinapterus leucas
Spanish beluga
- belugaDelphinapterus leucas
Swedish vitval, hus
- vitvalDelphinapterus leucas
- husHuso huso
Turkish beluga balinası, ak balina
- beluga balinasıDelphinapterus leucas
- ak balinaDelphinapterus leucas
- beyaz balinaDelphinapterus leucas
- belugaHuso huso
- büyük mersinHuso huso
- mersin morinasıHuso huso
- morinaHuso huso
Ukrainian білу́га
- білу́га (bilúha)Huso huso
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beluga. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beluga
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