any of several small mostly arboreal New World monkeys of the genera Pithecia and Chiropotes, having long hair and a long bushy tail
another name for sake 2
1765–75; < French < Tupi sagui
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A 10-month-old white-faced saki monkey called Fia and two eight-month-old golden lion tamarin primates, male Pomelo and female Clementine, have all been named by zookeepers recently.
From BBC ● Feb. 19, 2025
That sushi indulgence aside, most of our meals run under $20 a head, beers and saki included — another draw for visiting skiers.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 10, 2016
To us 'lazy' means only 'lazy,' as in sleeping off the saki.
From Time Magazine Archive
So he lazied with geishas, saki, talk and chess.
From Time Magazine Archive
During the play we saw attendants running about with tea, saki, tobacco pipes, and small braziers.
From The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II by Leslie, Alexander, fl. 1879-1882
Other co-authors include Abdullah Ash Saki, who recently received his doctorate in electrical engineering from Penn State.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 20, 2026
Saki Yew, who was on RuPaul's Drag Race UK in 2024, said she'd had "no communication and no answer" on her fee.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2025
Growing up Japanese American in Southern California, Saki Watanabe had plenty of role models who showed her she could be whatever she wanted to be.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 29, 2025
The deputy provincial governor, Rémy Saki, told The Associated Press that between 67 and 243 people died from the mysterious disease, many of them children.
From Salon ● Dec. 4, 2024
It may have been so; but, fortunately, our efforts to be funny in the Saki manner have not survived to prove it.
From The Chronicles of Clovis by Saki
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