beluga

[Ru .] 1. A species of fish the Great or Hausen Sturgeon, the Acipenser huso. It is sometimes 12 to 15 feet in length, and weighs 1,200 lbs., or in rare cases even 3,000. The best isingla is made from its swimming-bladder. Its flesh, though sometimes eaten, is occasionally unwholesome. It is found in the Caspian and Black Seas and the large rivers which flow into them. 2. A cetacean, Delphin apter us leucas . It is called also the White Whale. It belongs to the family Delphinidæ. It is from 18 to 21 feet in length, and inhabits Davis Straits and the other portions of the Northern Seas, and sometimes ascends rivers. Bē'-lus, s. [BEL.] The Roman name of the A yrian and Babylonian divinity called Bel in Isa. xlvi. 1. [BEL.] běl-vě-dëre, běl-vi-dëre, s . [In Ger. belvedere; Fr. belvédère , belvéder ; Port. belve der; Ital. belvedere = ( lit. ) a fine view, from Lat. bell us fine, and videre = to see.] 1. Arch . A room built above the roof of an edifice, for the purpose of viewing the surrounding country. In France the term belvedere is used occasionally for a summer-house in a park or garden. 2. Bot . A plant, Kochia scoparia. It belongs to the order Chenopod i aceæ (Chenopods).