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 ]
☞ 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 ]
n. [ G. See Nibelungs; Lied. ] A great medieval German epic of unknown authorship containing traditions which refer to the Burgundians at the time of Attila (called Etzel in the poem) and mythological elements pointing to heathen times. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
n. pl.; sing.Nibelung /sing>. In German mythology, the children of the mist, a race of dwarfs or demonic beings, the original possessors of the famous hoard and ring won by Siegfrid; also, the Burgundian kings in the Nibelungenlied. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
‖n.; pl.Obeli [ L., fr. Gr. 'obelo`s, prop., a spit. ] (Print.) A mark [ thus —, or ÷ ]; -- so called as resembling a needle. In old MSS. or editions of the classics, it marks suspected passages or readings. [ 1913 Webster ]
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