The sea monk (also monk-fish or monkfish) was a sea creature found off the eastern coast of the Danish island of Zealand in 1546. It was described as...
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The Monk by the Sea (German: Der Mönch am Meer) is an oil painting by the German Romantic artist Caspar David Friedrich. It was painted between 1808 and...
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dark gray in females. Monk seals are found in the Hawaiian archipelago, certain areas in the east Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea (such as Cabo Blanco and...
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The Hawaiian monk seal is one of two extant monk seal species; the other is the Mediterranean monk seal. A third species, the Caribbean monk seal, is extinct...
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Monk is an American police procedural comedy drama detective television series that originally ran on the USA Network from July 12, 2002, to December 4...
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The Mediterranean monk seal (Monachus monachus) is a monk seal belonging to the family Phocidae. As of 2015[update], it is estimated that fewer than 700...
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Sea monsters reported first or second hand include: A giant octopus by Pliny (not to be confused with the documented Giant Pacific octopus) Sea monk Various...
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of Architeuthis, suggested a giant squid was the species described as a sea monk to the Danish king Christian III circa 1550. The Lusca of the Caribbean...
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The Caribbean monk seal (Neomonachus tropicalis), also known as the West Indian seal or sea wolf, is an extinct species of seal native to the Caribbean...
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The monk parakeet (Myiopsitta monachus), also known as the monk parrot or Quaker parrot, is a species of true parrot in the family Psittacidae. It is...
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List of legendary creatures by type (section Sea)
Hippocamp Leviathan Jormungand Kraken Mermaid / Merman Nereid Sea monk Sea monster Sea serpent Selkie Shen Siren Tritons Umibōzu Water Dragon Yacuruna...
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The Monks, referred to by the name monks on record sleeves, were an American rock band formed in Gelnhausen, West Germany, in 1964. Assembled by five American...
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including devils, angels and dragons. Some writers have suggested the sea monk may have been a Jenny Haniver. The earliest known picture of Jenny Haniver...
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monk famed as a traveller and translator. His account of his travels are an important source for the history of the medieval kingdoms along the sea route...
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Monkfish may also refer to: Inspector Monkfish, a fictional character Sea monk, a marine monster of the Renaissance Squatina squatina, a shark with an...
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Bishop-fish (redirect from Sea bishop)
Oannes (mythology) Jenny Haniver Sea monk Heuvelmans Bernard (2003). The Kraken and the Colossal Octopus: In the Wake of Sea-Monsters. London: Kegan Paul...
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Inspector William Monk is a fictional character created by the writer Anne Perry and hero of a series of books. Monk was born in Northumberland shortly...
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Gessner, 1558:519, fig. for sea monk depiction published therein). #1 (c. 1546) Painted woodcuts of the sea monk (#1; left) and sea bishop (the latter also...
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Merman (section Gesner's sea-satyr)
time (c. 1550s) carried entries on the mermaid-like monk-fish (sea monk) and the bishopfish (sea bishop), and Gudger suspected these were misinformation...
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loggerhead sea turtles in Europe. The Alboran Sea also hosts important commercial fisheries, including sardines and swordfish. The Mediterranean monk seals...
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Sea-bee (Heraldic) – Fish-tailed bee Sea-lion Sea monk (Medieval folklore) – Fish-like humanoid Sea monster (Worldwide) – Giant, marine animals Sea serpent...
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Straight, No Chaser is the sixth studio album Thelonious Monk recorded for Columbia records, released in 1967. The album was reissued on CD in 1996, including...
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Sands Monks (1850–1917), American painter John Clark Monks (1760–1827), English sea captain also known as the Hanging Sailor of Perryman Joseph M. Monks (born...
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costume as Disney's Ariel. Fiji mermaid Goddess of the Sea (Visbal), sculpture Lorelei Sea monk Sirenia Mittman, Asa Simon; Dendle, Peter J (2016). The...
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brown palette. Monk and Nun is one of Europe's historical roof tiles traditionally found in countries along or near the Mediterranean Sea: Portugal, Spain...
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seals and sea lions of the family Otariidae. Seals live in the oceans of both hemispheres and, with the exception of the more tropical monk seals, are...
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2009, Howard played Natalie Teeger in the USA Network television series Monk. She has also starred on the sitcoms Boston Common (1996–1997) and Two Guys...
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northwest and west, the Dead Sea was a place of escape and refuge. The remoteness of the region attracted Greek Orthodox monks since the Byzantine era. Their...
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