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Moby-Dick

Moby-Dick proper noun: an 1851 novel by Herman Melville, originally titled The Whale, a highly symbolic story about a whaling ship led by Captain Ahab.

Proper noun

Moby-Dick

  1. An 1851 novel by Herman Melville, originally titled The Whale, a highly symbolic story about a whaling ship led by Captain Ahab.
  2. The elusive white whale hunted in this novel.

Forms of Moby-Dick

alternative formMoby Dick

Words formed from Moby-Dick

Questions about Moby-Dick

What does Moby-Dick mean?
Moby-Dick means an 1851 novel by Herman Melville, originally titled The Whale, a highly symbolic story about a whaling ship led by Captain Ahab.
What part of speech is Moby-Dick?
Moby-Dick is a proper noun.

Words near Moby-Dick in the dictionary

  1. Mobutuism
  2. Mobutuist
  3. Mobutuists
  4. moby
  5. Moby Dick
  6. Moby-Dick
  7. moc
  8. moc toe
  9. MoCA
  10. mocadon
  11. mocadons

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