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Moby Dick (whale)

Moby Dick
Moby Dick character
Moby Dick with his head out of the water and breaking a boat in half with his jaws
Created byHerman Melville
Based onMocha Dick
In-universe information
SpeciesSperm whale
GenderMale

Moby Dick is a fictional white sperm whale and the primary antagonist in Herman Melville's 1851 novel Moby-Dick. Melville based the whale on an albino whale of that period, Mocha Dick.