A seal with a dark back and pale underside, occurring in warm waters of the northern hemisphere.
僧海豹
Genus Monachus, family Phocidae: two or three species, including the endangered M. monachus of the Mediterranean and adjacent seas
Example sentencesExamples
Thanks to a courageous conservation project, the critically endangered Mediterranean monk seal's future looks much brighter.
An endangered Hawaiian monk seal is back home in waters off an island in Hawaii after surgeons removed a large fishhook from his mouth.
Hawaii may have no native terrestrial mammals, but the islands do harbor one native aquatic mammal, the monk seal, and one native flying mammal, the hoary bat.
The islands serve as nesting grounds for green sea turtles, home to millions of seabirds, and a refuge for rare monk seals.
Under the U.S. Endangered Species Act, the Hawaiian monk seal has had some of its coastal habitat protected.
Definition of monk seal in US English:
monk seal
nounˈməNGk sē(ə)l
A seal with a dark back and pale underside, occurring in warm waters of the northern hemisphere.
僧海豹
Genus Monachus, family Phocidae: two or three species, including M. tropicalis of the Caribbean and the endangered M. monachus of the Mediterranean and adjacent seas
Example sentencesExamples
Thanks to a courageous conservation project, the critically endangered Mediterranean monk seal's future looks much brighter.
Hawaii may have no native terrestrial mammals, but the islands do harbor one native aquatic mammal, the monk seal, and one native flying mammal, the hoary bat.
The islands serve as nesting grounds for green sea turtles, home to millions of seabirds, and a refuge for rare monk seals.
Under the U.S. Endangered Species Act, the Hawaiian monk seal has had some of its coastal habitat protected.
An endangered Hawaiian monk seal is back home in waters off an island in Hawaii after surgeons removed a large fishhook from his mouth.