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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
beluga
    n 1: valuable source of caviar and isinglass; found in Black and
         Caspian seas [syn: beluga, hausen, white sturgeon,
         Acipenser huso]
    2: small northern whale that is white when adult [syn: white
       whale, beluga, Delphinapterus leucas]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Hausen \Hau"sen\ (h[add]"s[e^]n), n. [G.] (Zool.)
   A large sturgeon (Acipenser huso syn. Huso huso) from the
   region of the Black Sea; also called Beluga. It is
   sometimes twelve feet long, and provides the highest quality
   caviar.
   [1913 Webster +PJC]

3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Huso \Hu"so\, n. [NL., fr. G. hausen, and E. isinglass.] (Zool.)
      (a) A large European sturgeon (Huso huso or Acipenser
          huso), inhabiting the region of the Black and Caspian
          Seas. It sometimes attains a length of more than
          twelve feet, and a weight of two thousand pounds.
          Called also hausen and beluga. It is the source of
          the finest and most esteemed caviar.
      (b) The huchen, a large salmon.
          [1913 Webster]

4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Beluga \Be*lu"ga\ (b[-e]*l[=u]"g[.a]), n. [Russ. bieluga a sort
   of large sturgeon, prop. white fish, fr. bieluii white. The
   whale is now commonly called bieluka in Russian.]
   1. (Zool.) A cetacean allied to the dolphins.
      [1913 Webster]

   Note: 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.
         [1913 Webster]

   2. the sturgeon (Huso huso) native to the Black Sea and
      Caspian Sea; -- also called hausen. It is valued for its
      roe, sold as caviar, and is also used for production of
      isinglass. See also sturgeon.
      [PJC]

   3. the caviar obtained from the beluga[2]; -- also called
      beluga caviar. The caviar of the beluga is considered
      the finest sort, larger and of a taste superior to that
      obtained from other sturgeon. See also sturgeon and
      caviar.
      [PJC]

5. U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
Beluga, AK -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Alaska
   Population (2000):    32
   Housing Units (2000): 54
   Land area (2000):     102.648548 sq. miles (265.858508 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.736225 sq. miles (1.906815 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    103.384773 sq. miles (267.765323 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            06245
   Located within:       Alaska (AK), FIPS 02
   Location:             61.133962 N, 151.164741 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):    
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Beluga, AK
    Beluga


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