белуга

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

• Polish: bieługa

• белу́ха (belúxa) (white whale)

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