saki
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A small tree-living monkey from tropical South America with long hair and a bushy tail that cannot hold things
- noun
- /ˈsɑːki/
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saki
- In the Amazon rainforest, the black-bearded saki monkey swings gracefully from branch to branch.
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Elsewhere, we hear of a research assistant who reported that a fecal pellet from a bald-faced saki monkey, with dung beetles attached, fell directly into his shirt pocket as he was observing monkeys in the canopy overhead.
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Gee, I shouldn't have had so much saki, because I prefer to go a little slow here.
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It some kind of chop saki, bullshit...
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Researchers studied the feeding habits of the bald-faced saki to understand its ecological role.
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The zoo recently introduced a pair of rare saki monkeys to their tropical exhibit.
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Etymology
Saki likely comes from a Tupi word that reached English through Portuguese as the local name for a 'tree-living monkey'. So, saki today means that South American monkey with long hair and a bushy tail.