white whale

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Tanım

•small northern whale that is white when adult

Diğer Dillerde

Fincevalkovalas

Galiçyacacetáceo monodóntido

Makedoncaна́рвал , печа́тарска пло́ча

Etimoloji

From white + whale. The figurative senses refer to the novel Moby-Dick (1851) by the American writer Herman Melville (1819–1891), in which Captain Ahab relentlessly pursues a rare albino sperm whale.

Eş & Zıt Anlamlılar

Eş anlamlılar

beluga

melonhead

sea canary

delphinapterus leucas

Örnek Cümleler

Boston: L.C. Page & Company.

Moby-Dick; Or, The White Whale.

Kendimi bir beyaz balina gibi hissediyorum!

I feel like a white whale!