uakari
[ wah-kahr-ee ]
noun,plural ua·ka·ris.
any of several medium-sized, tree-dwelling Amazon basin monkeys of the genus Cacajao, the only New World monkeys having a short tail: all are now rare.
Origin of uakari
11860–65; <Tupi and Guarani uakari
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How to use uakari in a sentence
The hunter, therefore, when in search of the white uakari, supplies himself with a small quantity of salt.
The Wanderers | W.H.G. KingstonKallolo told us that this species of monkey is known as the white uakari.
The Wanderers | W.H.G. Kingston
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