Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

moby-dick

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.99 in modern English

Syllables: moby-dick
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

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

name

The elusive white whale hunted in this novel.

Inflected Forms

Moby Dick (alternative)

Derived Forms

moby

Questions

What does moby-dick mean?: An 1851 novel by Herman Melville, originally titled The Whale, a highly symbolic story about a whaling ship led by Captain Ahab.

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