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Moby Dick

Moby Dick is the alternative spelling of Moby-Dick.

Meaning of Moby-Dick

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.

Questions about Moby Dick

What is Moby Dick the alternative spelling of?
Moby Dick is the alternative spelling of Moby-Dick.

Words near Moby Dick in the dictionary

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

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