'Beluga' definitions:

Definition of 'beluga'

noun

Valuable source of caviar and isinglass; found in Black and Caspian seas [syn: beluga, hausen, white sturgeon, Acipenser huso]

noun

Small northern whale that is white when adult [syn: white whale, beluga, Delphinapterus leucas]

From: GCIDE

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]

From: GCIDE

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]

From: GCIDE

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]

Name :

Beluga, AK -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Alaska

Population (2000) :

Housing Units (2000) :

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

Note :

some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.