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Neomonachus is a genus of earless seals, within the family Phocidae.It contains two species: the endangered Hawaiian monk seal, and the extinct Caribbean monk seal.Prior to 2014, all three species of monk seals were placed in the genus Monachus, but that was found to be paraphyletic.
Direct sequel to Mr. Monk on Patrol: 15 Mr. Monk Gets Even: 0-451-23915-6: December 31, 2012 [54] Direct sequel to Mr. Monk Is a Mess: 16 Mr. Monk Helps Himself: Hy Conrad 0-451-24093-6: June 4, 2013 17 Mr. Monk Gets on Board: 0-451-24095-2: January 7, 2014 Direct sequel to Mr. Monk Helps Himself. The novel itself was noted by Conrad to have ...
Traylor Elizabeth Howard [2] (born June 14, 1966) [1] is an American actress. From 2005 to 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 and a Girl (1998–2001), while her film credits include Dirty Work (1998), Me, Myself & Irene (2000), and Son of the Mask (2005).
Melora Hardin portrayed Trudy Monk, Monk's deceased wife. Ray Porter took over the role of Dale the Whale, a part formerly held by Adam Arkin and Tim Curry. Sarah Silverman returned as Monk's number-one fan and founder of the Monk-o-Philes, Marci Maven, after a three season hiatus. Silverman earned an Emmy nomination for this role.
A monk who belongs to a monastery but frequently travels for various religious duties may also be called a "Gua xi or a Zhuo xi (Chinese: 掛錫 or a 卓錫; pinyin: Guà xī or a Zhuō xī), indicating the laying down of his staff. 'Planting a staff' similarly refers to a monk who has taken up a long-term residence.
Becky Chambers (born May 3, 1985) [1] is an American science fiction writer. She is the author of the Hugo Award-winning Wayfarers series as well as novellas including To Be Taught, If Fortunate (2019) and the Monk & Robot series, which begins with the Hugo Award-winning A Psalm for the Wild-Built (2021).
鬼一法眼 [1] [2]) is a legendary Japanese monk and warrior from the 1100s who appeared in "Gikeiki" (a military epic about the life of Minamoto no Yoshitsune) written in the early Muromachi period. [1] [3] Hōgen is a honorific title for a monk, not a name, [1] with Kiichi Hōgen literally meaning "Priest the First Demon". [4]
Dugu Qiubai's family name Dugu (literally "alone") suggests that he was ethnically Xianbei; his given name "Qiubai" literally means "seek defeat".His full name thus roughly translates to "A Loner Who Seeks Defeat", representing his status as an invincible swordsman haunted by solitude, as no one can defeat or equal him in swordplay.