belugas
Arctic sea canaries
Belugas are small white whales found in Arctic and subarctic waters, known for their rounded foreheads and lack of dorsal fin.
The word also refers to beluga sturgeon, the large fish from whose roe comes beluga caviar—the most prized and expensive variety: The restaurant offered beluga at three hundred dollars an ounce.
Absence of pigment
- ivoryTusk-derived material
- melonSweet-fleshed gourd fruit
- bulbousSwollen and round
- paleLacking color intensity
smooth · rounded · forehead · stocky · robust · blubber · skin · molting
Huge sea mammal
- podSeed case or cetacean group
- ArcticEarth's northernmost zone
- tundraFrigid treeless biome
- glacierSlow-moving ice mass
polar · iceberg · Inuit · narwhal · walrus · krill · seal · bowhead
Musical piece with words
- callContact by phone
- clickBrief sharp noise
- whistleShrill air-blown sounder
- chirpShort, high avian sound
squeal · echolocation · communication · sonar · acoustics · melon · frequency · vocalization
Aquatic mammal order
- dolphinEcholocating marine mammal
- porpoiseSmall toothed whale relative
- mammalWarm-blooded, milk-producing animal
- aquaticWater-inhabiting
oceanarium · aquarium · conservation · endangered · captivity · SeaWorld · habitat · ecosystem
white
Absence of pigment
pale · smooth · rounded · forehead · stocky · robust · blubber · skin · molting
whale
Huge sea mammal
glacier · polar · iceberg · Inuit · narwhal · walrus · krill · seal · bowhead · Churchill
song
Musical piece with words
chirp · squeal · echolocation · communication · sonar · acoustics · melon · frequency · vocalization · chatter
cetacean
Aquatic mammal order
- dolphinEcholocating marine mammal
- porpoiseSmall toothed whale relative
- mammalWarm-blooded, milk-producing animal
aquatic · oceanarium · aquarium · conservation · endangered · captivity · SeaWorld · habitat · ecosystem · oceanography
seasonal
Recurring at fixed intervals
- migrationMovement to new territory
- breedingReproductive cultivation of organisms
- calvingIce mass separation
estuary · river · coastal · congregation · summering · wintering · navigation · routes · gathering · group
- marine mammalsdolphin, whales, whale, dolphins, porpoise
- whale conservationwhaling ban, moratorium, marine sanctuaries, protected species, whale watching
- large herbivoreselephants, African elephants, Asian elephants, rhinos, black rhinos
- Arctic SeasArctic Ocean, Bering Strait, sea ice, pack ice, ice floe
belugasorcas
Large predatory dolphins
killer whales · polar bears · apex predators · baleen whales · great white sharks
belugasblue whales
Largest cetaceans on Earth
great whales · humpback whales · fin whales · sperm whales · right whales
- beluga whaleWhite Arctic marine mammal
- beluga caviarLarge sturgeon's salted roe