Noun
Any whale of the family Monodontidae, which comprises the beluga whales and narwhals (Monodon monoceros), and some extinct species.
(figuratively)
An obsession, a monomania.
(collectible card games) A printing plate, used to manufacture a particular sports card, that is then issued as a collectible itself.
Source: en.wiktionary.orgThe thing about Moby Dick is that, at heart, it's a very simple plot - there's only one white whale in the ocean. When you're a boy growing up in a hostile home, you imagine it's unique: it's happening only to you. Gavin O'Connor
Whoever said "Wagner's music isn't as bad as it sounds" was as wrong as he was funny, but there is surely a case for saying that the story of Captain Ahab's contest with the great white whale is one of those books you can't get started with even after you have finished reading them. Clive James
Although he was the most famous, Mocha Dick was not the only white whale in the sea, nor the only whale to attack hunters. Source: Internet
In First Contact, the individually inscrutable and faceless Borg fulfill the role of the equally unreadable titular white whale in Melville's work. Source: Internet
In this beat over the years, has there been a great white whale fact or document or piece of data that you’re still trying to get your hands on? Source: Internet
In discussing an unpopular opinion that we share about (a heresy that cannot be included in any article about a library), I ask him what his white whale is. Source: Internet