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  saki

  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
  Saki

  noun

  pen name of H(ector) H(ugh) Munro.

saki

¹ American  

[sak-ee, sah-kee] / ˈsæk i, ˈsɑ ki /

noun

1. 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.

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Saki ² American  

[sah-kee] / ˈsɑ ki /

noun

1. pen name of H(ector) H(ugh) Munro.

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saki ¹ British  

/ ˈsɑːkɪ /

noun

1. any of several small mostly arboreal New World monkeys of the genera Pithecia and Chiropotes, having long hair and a long bushy tail

2. another name for sake 2

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Saki ² British  

/ ˈsɑːkɪ /

noun

1. pen name of (Hector Hugh) Munro

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Etymology

Origin of saki

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

So he lazied with geishas, saki, talk and chess.

From Time Magazine Archive

Director Edgell, whose personal knowledge of Japanese art is rudimentary, left the selection to his associate Mr. Tomita, spent 26 days drinking tea and saki with Japanese wrestlers, silk tycoons, bankers, enjoyed himself immensely.

From Time Magazine Archive

It only needs now Madame Blavatsky, cigarette in mouth, under the cryptomerias of Nikko, and the return of Mr. Caine, M. P., to preach the sin of drinking saki, and the menagerie would be full.

From From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel by Rudyard Kipling

Ozgul Saki, an MP from the pro-Kurdish left-wing DEM party in Istanbul, said on X.

From Barron's ● Sep. 13, 2026

Other co-authors include Abdullah Ash Saki, who recently received his doctorate in electrical engineering from Penn State.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 20, 2026

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

"The eternal Saki from that bowl hath poured Millions of bubbles and shall pour!"

From The Philosophy of Despair by David Starr Jordan

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