Meaning

2 senses

  1. A sea creature in European folklore (in the 16th century), a sort of fish that resembled (and was sometimes robed or tonsured like) a European monk.

  2. (dated)Monk seal.

Forms

plural: sea monks
Singularsea monk
Pluralsea monks

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
scuttlescytheB2seaA1seabedseabirdseaboardseafoodA2

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