Melville

  1. Proper noun.  (surname, Scottish habitational) of Norman origin, from Malleville in Normandy.
  2. Proper noun.  Herman Melville (1819-1891), an American novelist, essayist, and poet. He is best remembered for the novel Moby-Dick.
  3. Proper noun.  His works or media adaptations of his works.

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