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saki
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun saki has 3 senses
- saki(n = noun.person) h. h. munro, hector hugh munro, munro - British writer of short stories (1870-1916); Array is a kind of author, writer
- saki(n = noun.food) rice beer, sake - Japanese alcoholic beverage made from fermented rice; usually served hot; Array is a kind of alcohol, alcoholic beverage, alcoholic drink, inebriant, intoxicant
- saki(n = noun.animal) Array - small arboreal monkey of tropical South America with long hair and bushy nonprehensile tail; Array is a kind of new world monkey, platyrrhine, platyrrhinian
is a member of genus pithecia, pithecia
CIDE DICTIONARY
saki, n. [Cf. F. & Pg. saki; probably from the native name.].
Any one of several species of South American monkeys of the genus Pithecia . They have large ears, and a long hairy tail which is not prehensile. [1913 Webster]
" The black saki (Pithecia satanas ), the white-headed (P. leucocephala ), and the red-backed, or hand-drinking, saki (P. chiropotes ), are among the best-known."
[1913 Webster]
saki, n.
The alcoholic drink of Japan. It is made from rice; it is usually spelled sake . [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
saki, n. (pl. sakis) any monkey of the genus Pithecia or Chiropotes, native to S. America, having coarse fur and a long non-prehensile tail.
Etymology
F f. Tupi {ccedil}ahy
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