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Uakari

Ua-ka′ri

,
Noun.
(Zool.)
Same as
Ouakari
.

Definition 2024


uakari

uakari

English

A male bald uakari monkey.

Noun

uakari (plural uakaris)

  1. Any of several arboreal monkeys, of the genus Cacajao, from the Amazon basin.

References

  1. 2004: Barnett, A. A. The meanings of Cacajao and Uacari: Folk Etymology in Neotropical Primate Taxonomy. Neotropical Primates 12(3): 147-152