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(b) The European bullfinch.

Monk bat (Zoöl.), a South
American and West Indian bat (Molossus nasutus); -- so called
because the males live in communities by themselves. --
Monk bird(Zoöl.), the friar
bird. -- Monk seal (Zoöl.), a
species of seal (Monachus albiventer) inhabiting the Black
Sea, the Mediterranean Sea, and the adjacent parts of the
Atlantic. -- Monk's rhubarb (Bot.),
a kind of dock; -- also called patience (Rumex
Patientia).

Monk"er*y (?), n.; pl.
Monkeries (&?;). 1. The life
of monks; monastic life; monastic usage or customs; -- now usually
applied by way of reproach.

Miters, and wretched dead mediæval
monkeries.

Carlyle.

2. A collective body of monks.
[Obs.]

Though he have a whole monkery to sing for
him.

Latimer.

Mon"key (?), n.

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