A hamlet and civil parish in County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ4537).

plural of monk's chair

Alternative form of monk chair

Monachus tropicalis, an extinct seal once native to the Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico.

plural of Caribbean monk seal

Neomonachus schauinslandi, an endangered species of earless seal in the family Phocidae.

The superficial trappings of something are unrelated to its true essence.

Any member of the clade Simiiformes not also of the clade Hominoidea containing humans and apes, from which they are usually, but not universally, distinguished by smaller size, a tail, and cheek pouches.

(intransitive, informal) To meddle; to mess (with). / (transitive) To mimic; to ape.

(vulgar) Energetic but useless action, or a person engaged in such action.