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n. - Small northern whale that is white when adult; Valuable source of caviar and isinglass.

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  • Miscount in beluga spells the extinction of caviar?
  • Continued fishing and trade in beluga caviar will only hasten the demise of the species, they say.
  • Mbt staka beluga health, representing the human spirit stubborn.
  • Alaska's Cook Inlet beluga, which is down to only 280 whales from about 1,300 in the late 1970s.
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