Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A small toothed whale (Delphinapterus leucas) chiefly of the Arctic Ocean, having a bulbous forehead and a white body when full-grown.
- noun A large white anadromous sturgeon (Huso huso) of the Black and Caspian Seas, valued for its roe.
- noun Caviar made from the roe of this fish, having large grayish grains.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The large white sturgeon, Acipenser huso, from the roe of which, sometimes weighing 800 pounds, caviar or botargo is prepared.
- noun [capitalized] [NL.] A generic name of the white whales: a synonym of Delphinapterus.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) A cetacean allied to the dolphins.
- noun the sturgeon (
Huso huso ) native to the Black Sea and Caspian Sea; -- also calledhausen . It is valued for its roe, sold as caviar, and is also used for production of isinglass. See alsosturgeon . - noun the caviar obtained from the beluga{2}; -- also called
beluga caviar . The caviar of thebeluga is considered the finest sort, larger and of a taste superior to that obtained from other sturgeon. See alsosturgeon andcaviar .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
cetacean , Delphinapterus leucas, found in theArctic Ocean . - noun A
fish , Huso huso, found in theCaspian Sea and theBlack Sea , that is a source ofcaviar
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun valuable source of caviar and isinglass; found in Black and Caspian seas
- noun small northern whale that is white when adult
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Continued fishing and trade in beluga caviar will only hasten the demise of the species, they say.
Boing Boing: September 14, 2003 - September 20, 2003 Archives 2003
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Trade in beluga and the caviar they produce is governed by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species.
Boing Boing: September 14, 2003 - September 20, 2003 Archives 2003
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Miscount in beluga spells the extinction of caviar?
Boing Boing: September 14, 2003 - September 20, 2003 Archives 2003
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FOR VERY SPECIAL OCCASIONS you may want to serve caviar Caviar is the preserved roe as yet unlaid eggs of various species of sturgeon found around the world; it is classified as beluga, osetra, and sevruga.
THE TANTE MARIE’S COOKING SCHOOL COOKBOOK MARY RISLEY 2003
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FOR VERY SPECIAL OCCASIONS you may want to serve caviar Caviar is the preserved roe as yet unlaid eggs of various species of sturgeon found around the world; it is classified as beluga, osetra, and sevruga.
THE TANTE MARIE’S COOKING SCHOOL COOKBOOK MARY RISLEY 2003
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FOR VERY SPECIAL OCCASIONS you may want to serve caviar Caviar is the preserved roe as yet unlaid eggs of various species of sturgeon found around the world; it is classified as beluga, osetra, and sevruga.
THE TANTE MARIE’S COOKING SCHOOL COOKBOOK MARY RISLEY 2003
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Itsuo Inouye/Associated Press A white whale, also known as beluga, puffed a ring at Kamogawa Sea World in Kamogawa, east of Tokyo, Sunday.
Asia in Pictures 2011
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The beluga is the second most important cetacean species harvested for subsistence in Alaska and it is hunted in significant numbers.
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