ˈsea-monk
† 1. The monk-fish. Obs.
| 1611 Florio, Mónaco..a fish called a Sea-munke. 1666 J. Davies Hist. Caribby Isl. i. xvii. 101 There is another kind of Porposes which..from the resemblance there is between their heads and the frocks of Friers, some call them Monks-heads, and Sea-Monks [orig. F. Moines de Mer]. |
2. ‘The monk seal’ (Cent. Dict. 1891).