белуга

Borrowed from Russian белу́га (belúga). Morphologically parsable as бял (bjal, “white”) +‎ -уга (-uga).

• IPA^(key): [bɛˈɫuɡɐ]

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белу́га • (belúga) f

1. beluga (cetacean of genus Delphinapterus leucas)

• белу́да (belúda, “white animal”) (dialectal)
• белу́шко m (belúško), белу́шка f (belúška)
• бело́к (belók, “whiteling”) (dialectal)

• “белуга”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “белуга”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

бе́лый (bélyj) +‎ -уга (-uga)

• IPA^(key): [bʲɪˈɫuɡə]

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белу́га • (belúga) f anim (genitive белу́ги, nominative plural белу́ги, genitive plural белу́г)

1. beluga (European sturgeon)
2. (dated) beluga (white whale) (the term was used until the XIX century and is still sometimes confused with "белуха" - the modern term for "white whale")

   парохо́д ревёт белу́гой

   paroxód revjót belúgoj

   the steamboat roars like a beluga

• → Ingrian: beluga
• → Polish: bieługa

• белу́ха (belúxa) (white whale)

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “белуга”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress