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SAKI
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small arboreal monkey of tropical South America with long hair and bushy nonprehensile tail
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("saki" is a kind of...):
New World monkey; platyrrhine; platyrrhinian (hairy-faced arboreal monkeys having widely separated nostrils and long usually prehensile tails)
Holonyms ("saki" is a member of...):
genus Pithecia; Pithecia (sakis)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Japanese alcoholic beverage made from fermented rice; usually served hot
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("saki" is a kind of...):
alcohol; alcoholic beverage; alcoholic drink; inebriant; intoxicant (a liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agent)
Domain region:
Japan; Nihon; Nippon (a constitutional monarchy occupying the Japanese Archipelago; a world leader in electronics and automobile manufacture and ship building)
Holonyms ("saki" is a substance of...):
rice (annual or perennial rhizomatous marsh grasses; seed used for food; straw used for paper)
Sense 3
Meaning:
British writer of short stories (1870-1916)
Synonyms:
H. H. Munro; Hector Hugh Munro; Munro; Saki
Classified under:
Instance hypernyms:
author; writer (writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay))
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