"Moby-Dick" meaning in All languages combined

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Proper name [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Moby-Dick.wav Forms: Moby Dick [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-proper noun|head=Moby-Dick}} 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. Translations (An 1851 novel by Herman Melville, originally titled The Whale, a highly symbolic story about a whaling ship led by Captain Ahab.): 白鯨記 /白鲸记 (Chinese Mandarin), 白鯨 (hakugei) (Japanese), 모비딕 (mobidik) (Korean), Мо́би Дик (Móbi Dik) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-Moby-Dick-en-name-nYn5xB7w Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Russian translations, Fictional characters, Whales Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 47 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 53 47 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 56 44 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 67 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 63 37 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 63 37 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 67 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 70 30 Disambiguation of Fictional characters: 77 23 Disambiguation of Whales: 61 39 Disambiguation of 'An 1851 novel by Herman Melville, originally titled The Whale, a highly symbolic story about a whaling ship led by Captain Ahab.': 96 4
  2. The elusive white whale hunted in this novel. Derived forms: moby
    Sense id: en-Moby-Dick-en-name-VOQi8f05 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Moby-Dick Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 47 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 53 47 Disambiguation of Moby-Dick: 16 84

Alternative forms

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