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sea monks

sea monks is the plural of sea monk.

Meaning of sea monk

Noun

sea monk (plural sea monks)

  1. (dated) Monk seal.
  2. 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.
    • […] three sea monks being found in 1530, 1546 and 1549. In fact the first sea monk was not a sea monk at all, having been found in the Rhine. The second one was found near Copenhagen with a black head and the clothes of a monk and the final one was found near Hafnia (Copenhagen), tonsured like a...2005, Steenstrupia, volume 29, pages 40–45

Questions about sea monks

What is sea monks the plural of?
Sea monks is the plural of sea monk.

Words near sea monks in the dictionary

  1. Sea Mills
  2. sea mink
  3. sea monk
  4. sea monkey
  5. sea monkeys
  6. sea monks
  7. sea monster
  8. sea monsters
  9. sea morse
  10. sea moss
  11. sea mosses

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