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saki
1[ sak-ee, sah-kee ]
noun
- any of several monkeys of the genus Pithecia, of tropical South America, having a golden-brown to black, thick, shaggy coat and a long, bushy, nonprehensile tail.
Saki
2[ sah-kee ]
noun
- pen name of H(ector) H(ugh) Munro.
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Example Sentences
Laverdire derives Saguenay from the Montagnais saki-nip, "the rushing water."
The saki has neither pouches on the sides of his jaws, nor callosities on his posteriors.
Such is the saki or rice wine of the Japanese, the tuba or sap of the coconut palm of the Filipinos and the pulqu of the Mexicans.
She also places by the bed biscuits, matches, and a volume either of O. Henry or "Saki," or both.
He divided the room into eight partitions, and in each placed one saki tub and waited its approach.
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