Moby-Dick

See also: Moby Dick

English

Alternative forms

• 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.

Derived terms

• moby

Translations

An 1851 novel by Herman Melville, originally titled The Whale, a highly symbolic story about a whaling ship led by Captain Ahab.

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 白鯨記／白鲸记 (zh)

• Japanese: 白鯨 (hakugei)
• Korean: 모비딕 (mobidik)
• Russian: Мо́би Дик m (Móbi Dik)