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Webster 1913 Edition

(sā′kĭ)

Noun.

[Cf. F. & Pg.

saki

; probably from the native name.]

(Zool.)

Any one of several species of South American monkeys of the genus

Pithecia

. They have large ears, and a long hairy tail which is not prehensile.

☞ The black saki (

Pithecia satanas

), the white-headed (

Pithecia leucocephala

), and the red-backed, or hand-drinking, saki (

Pithecia chiropotes

), are among the best-known.

See also: saki and sāki

sáki