Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The monk-seal. See seal, 1.

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  • From the point of view of symbolism this menagerie is not particularly interesting since these monsters -- the wyvern, the manicoris, the leoncerote, the tharanda and sea-monk -- all mean the same thing, and all embody the Spirit of Evil. "

    The Cathedral 1877

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