Uakari
Uakari is the common name for the
New World monkeys of the
genus Cacajao. The common name is believed to come from the indigenous term for "Dutchmen"; their red faces apparently reminded the locals of sun-burned Europeans. Cacajao is also believed to be an indigenous name, of unknown meaning now, as the tribe and language is extinct.
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uakari
Noun
1. medium-sized tree-dwelling monkey of the Amazon basin; only New World monkey with a short tail
(hypernym) New World monkey, platyrrhine
(member-holonym) Cacajao, genus Cacajao
Uakari
(n.)
Same as Ouakari.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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