saki

Sa·ki

 (sä′kē)

See Hector Hugh Munro.

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sa·ki ¹

 (sä′kē, -kĕ)

n.

Variant of sake².

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sa·ki ²

 (sä′kē)

n. pl. sa·kis

Any of several small omnivorous arboreal monkeys of the genera Pithecia and Chiropotes of northern and central South America, having long legs and a long bushy nonprehensile tail.

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[French, shortening (given as a name to a species of saki by Georges Louis Leclerc de Buffon) of English sakee winkee, sakiwinki, ultimately from Tupí sagui or a kindred Tupí-Guaraní source.]

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saki

(ˈsɑːkɪ)

n

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

2. (Brewing) another name for sake²

[sense 1: C20: French, from Tupi saqi]

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Saki

(ˈsɑːkɪ)

n

(Biography) pen name of (Hector Hugh) Munro¹

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sake¹

(seɪk)

n.

1. benefit or well-being; interest; advantage: for the sake of all students.

2. purpose; end: art for art's sake, not for any other cause.

[before 900; Middle English; Old English sacu lawsuit, cause; c. Old Frisian sake, Old Saxon saka, Old High German sahha (German Sache), Old Norse sǫk; akin to seek]

sa•ke²

sa•ki

(ˈsɑ ki)

n.

a mildly alcoholic Japanese beverage made from fermented rice.

[1680–90; < Japanese sake(y)]

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	Saki - British writer of short stories (1870-1916) H. H. Munro, Hector Hugh Munro, Munro
	2.	saki - Japanese alcoholic beverage made from fermented rice; usually served hot rice beer, sake alcohol, alcoholic beverage, alcoholic drink, inebriant, intoxicant - a liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agent; "alcohol (or drink) ruined him" Nihon, Nippon, Japan - a constitutional monarchy occupying the Japanese Archipelago; a world leader in electronics and automobile manufacture and ship building rice - annual or perennial rhizomatous marsh grasses; seed used for food; straw used for paper
	3.	saki - small arboreal monkey of tropical South America with long hair and bushy nonprehensile tail New World monkey, platyrrhine, platyrrhinian - hairy-faced arboreal monkeys having widely separated nostrils and long usually prehensile tails genus Pithecia, Pithecia - sakis

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