A‧hab, Captain /ˈeɪhæb/
a character in the book Moby Dick by Herman Melville. Captain Ahab risks his life and the lives of everyone on his ship by hunting a large dangerous white whale called Moby-Dick. Ahab is completely determined to kill the whale, but it finally sinks his ship, killing him and most of his men.

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