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beluga

noun

NAmE//bəˈluɡə//

(pl. beluga or belugas)

1[countable] a type of small whale

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2[countable] a type of large fish that lives in rivers and lakes in eastern Europe

3(also beluga caviar) [uncountable] a type of caviar (= fish eggs), from a beluga

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