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Meanings of white whale in English

Portuguese
baleia-branca
Catalan
balena blanca
Wikidata

(Delphinapterus leucas) An Arctic and sub-Arctic species of cetacean, all white in color with a distinctive melon-shaped head.

baleia-branca
Usage of white whale in English
1
So-called porpoise leather is made of the skin of the white whale.
Ranching, Sport and Travel
2
To me, the white whale is that wall, shoved near to me.
Moby-Dick; or, The Whale
3
I think a book about a white whale was named after him.
Boy’s Life
4
Bait to catch the white whale, honey to catch the ultimate fly.
The Hyperion Cantos
5
Did I tell you 'bout Ahab 'n' the big white whale?
Rage of angels
6
Here have I heard all their chat just now, and the white whale-shirr
Moby Dick
7
Or was he swallowed by some accommodating white whale on his last cruise?
A fare to remember: just whistle\driven to distraction\taken for...
8
Roland rode on Kempka's back like Ahab on the white whale.
Swan Song
9
She felt like Captain Ahab, for the first time sighting his great white whale.
Doctor Sleep
10
It thrusts its way out of the plain like a great tumescent white whale.
The Guardian
11
Did Melville invent his tale of the great white whale?
The Irish Times
12
All ye mast-headers have before now heard me give orders about a white whale.
Moby Dick
13
A great big white whale, that's what she is.
Doctor Sleep
14
It had become my white whale, and in my monomaniacal pursuit, I had become Ahab.
Assholes finish first
15
But what's this long face about, Mr. Starbuck; wilt thou not chase the white whale?
Moby Dick
16
This is called the white whale, though it isn't exactly white, but a sort of cream-color.
Cast Away in the Cold / An Old Man's Story of a Young Man's Adve...
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