Definitions for beluga

beluga be·lu·ga

Spelling: [buh-loo-guh]
IPA: /bəˈlu gə/

Beluga is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 108 anagrams from letters in beluga (abeglu).

Definitions for beluga

noun

  1. Also called hausen. a white sturgeon, Huso huso, of the Black and Caspian seas, valued as a source of caviar and isinglass.
  2. Also called sea canary, white whale. a cetacean, Delphinapterus leucas, of northern seas, that has a rounded head and is white when adult.

Origin of beluga

1585-95; Russian belúga (now regularly belúkha for the cetacean), equivalent to bél(yĭ) white + -uga, probably earlier *-ǫga (compare Czech pstruh, Polish pstrąg trout *pĭstr- mottled + *-ǫgŭ

Examples for beluga

Like the beluga, Hyperoodon rostratum gets lighter in colour with advancing years.

Its chief food is the seal and beluga, while its sly disposition enables it also to capture the water birds.

This is not produced, as is an additional finger found in the White Whale or beluga, by a splitting of a finger.

They sat listening till, growing fidgety, Steve turned to lean over the stern and take hold of the rope which held the beluga.

The net was of service, not only for fish and beluga, but also for ptarmigan and foxes.

It was useful for casting stones into the ocean to frighten and drive the beluga into the nets set for that purpose.

The animal has a spotted colour; but, as in the case of the beluga, old animals tend to become white.

The spirits connected with the deer, the seal, the salmon, and the beluga are regarded by all with special veneration.

The British "porpoise" laces are generally made from the skin of the white whale (beluga).

Break out the smoked salmon and beluga (post heat, of course).

Word Value for beluga
Scrable

9

Words with friends

13

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