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saki


  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Saki  \Sa"ki\  (s[=a]"k[i^]),  n.  [Cf.  F.  &  Pg  saki;  probably  from 
  the  native  name.]  (Zo["o]l.) 
  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. 
 
  Note:  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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Saki  \Sa"ki\  (s[aum]"k[-e]),  n. 
  The  alcoholic  drink  of  Japan.  It  is  made  from  rice. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  saki 
  n  1:  Japanese  beverage  from  fermented  rice  usually  served  hot 
  [syn:  {sake}] 
  2:  small  arboreal  monkey  of  tropical  South  America  with  long 
  hair  and  bushy  nonprehensile  tail 




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