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SAKI

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Small arboreal monkey of tropical South America with long hair and bushy nonprehensile tail

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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:

rice beer; sake; saki

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:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

author; writer (writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay))

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