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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

Saki
    n 1: British writer of short stories (1870-1916) [syn: Munro,
         H. H. Munro, Hector Hugh Munro, Saki]
    2: Japanese alcoholic beverage made from fermented rice; usually
       served hot [syn: sake, saki, rice beer]
    3: small arboreal monkey of tropical South America with long
       hair and bushy nonprehensile tail

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Sake \Sa"ke\ (s[aum]"k[-e]), n.
   a traditional alcoholic drink of Japan. It is made from rice.
   [Also spelled saki.]
   [1913 Webster +PJC]

3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Saki \Sa"ki\ (s[=a]"k[i^]), n. [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.
   [1913 Webster]

   Note: 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.
         [1913 Webster]

4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Saki \Sa"ki\ (s[aum]"k[-e]), n.
   The alcoholic drink of Japan. It is made from rice; it is
   usually spelled sake.
   [1913 Webster +PJC] Sakieh

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