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Decapterus punctatus Cigar Ci*gar", n. [Sp. cigarro, orig., a kind of tobacco in
the island of Cuba: cf. F. cigare.]
A small roll of tobacco, used for smoking.
Cigar fish (Zo["o]l.), a fish (Decapterus punctatus),
allied to the mackerel, found on the coast of the Gulf of
Mexico.
Delphinapterus catodon Beluga Be*lu"ga (b[-e]*l[=u]"g[.a]), n. [Russ. bieluga a sort
of large sturgeon, prop. white fish, fr. bieluii white.]
(Zo["o]l.)
A cetacean allied to the dolphins.
Note: 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.
