| 单词 |
beluga |
| 释义 |
‖ beluga|bɪˈluːgə|
Also 6 bellougina.
[In sense 1, a. Russ. běˈlūga; in sense 2, a. Russ. běˈlūχa; both f. bělo-, white + -uga, -uχa, augmentative formatives. Fletcher's word is evidently the Russ. deriv. biêˈlūzhina flesh of the beluga.]
1. A species of fish: the Great or Hausen Sturgeon (Acipenser huso), found in the Caspian and Black Seas, and their tributary rivers.
1591G. Fletcher Russe Commw. (1857) 12 Of ickary or cavery, a great quantitie is made upon the..Volgha out of the fish called bellougina. 1772Jackson Isinglass in Phil. Trans. LXIII. 7 The Beluga yields the greatest quantity. 1869Nicholson Zool. (1880) 493 The various species of sturgeon attain a great size, one—the Beluga—often measuring 12 or 15 feet in length.
2. The white Whale (Delphinapterus leucas), an animal of the Dolphin family, found in herds in the Northern Seas, and in the estuaries of rivers.
1817in Burrowes Cycl. 1847Carpenter Zool. §211 The Beluga or White Whale..rarely visits our own coasts. 1884Pall Mall G. 25 July 11/2 In the placid..waters of the fjords..one meets with..shoals of the beluga, or white whale. |
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