All 3 Uses of
similitude
in
Moby Dick
- Thus, the sperm whale and the humpbacked whale, each has a hump; but there the similitude ceases.†
Chpt 31-33 *
- Then, this same humpbacked whale and the Greenland whale, each of these has baleen; but there again the similitude ceases.†
Chpt 31-33
- * *Though all comparison in the way of general bulk between the whale and the elephant is preposterous, inasmuch as in that particular the elephant stands in much the same respect to the whale that a dog does to the elephant; nevertheless, there are not wanting some points of curious similitude; among these is the spout.†
Chpt 85-87
Definition:
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(similitude) similarity in appearance, character or nature