"Moby-Dick" meaning in English

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Proper name

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  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 (Chinese Mandarin), 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 Disambiguation of 'An 1851 novel by Herman Melville, originally titled The Whale, a highly symbolic story about a whaling ship led by Captain Ahab.': 95 5
  2. The elusive white whale hunted in this novel. Categories (topical): Fictional characters Categories (lifeform): Whales Synonyms: Moby Dick Derived forms: moby
    Sense id: en-Moby-Dick-en-name-VOQi8f05 Disambiguation of Fictional characters: 19 81 Disambiguation of Whales: 33 67 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, Moby-Dick Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 69 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 18 82 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 24 76 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 20 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 38 62 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 31 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 20 80 Disambiguation of Moby-Dick: 10 90

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