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Pithecia chiropotes
(gcide) | 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.
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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.
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Pithecia leucocephala
(gcide) | 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.
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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.
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Pithecia melanocephala
(gcide) | Cacajao \Ca*ca*j[~a]o"\, n. [Pg.] (Zool)
A South American short-tailed monkey ({Pithecia
melanocephala} syn. Brachyurus melanocephala). [Written
also cacajo.]
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Pithecia monachus
(gcide) | Monk \Monk\, n. [AS. munuc, munec, munc, L. monachus, Gr. ?, fr.
mo`nos alone. Cf. Monachism.]
1. A man who retires from the ordinary temporal concerns of
the world, and devotes himself to religion; one of a
religious community of men inhabiting a monastery, and
bound by vows to a life of chastity, obedience, and
poverty. "A monk out of his cloister." --Chaucer.
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Monks in some respects agree with regulars, as in
the substantial vows of religion; but in other
respects monks and regulars differ; for that
regulars, vows excepted, are not tied up to so
strict a rule of life as monks are. --Ayliffe.
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2. (Print.) A blotch or spot of ink on a printed page, caused
by the ink not being properly distributed. It is
distinguished from a friar, or white spot caused by a
deficiency of ink.
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3. A piece of tinder made of agaric, used in firing the
powder hose or train of a mine.
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4. (Zool.)
(a) A South American monkey (Pithecia monachus); also
applied to other species, as Cebus xanthocephalus.
(b) The European bullfinch.
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Monk bat (Zool.), a South American and West Indian bat
(Molossus nasutus); -- so called because the males live
in communities by themselves.
Monk bird(Zool.), the friar bird.
Monk seal (Zool.), a species of seal ({Monachus
albiventer}) inhabiting the Black Sea, the Mediterranean
Sea, and the adjacent parts of the Atlantic.
Monk's rhubarb (Bot.), a kind of dock; -- also called
patience (Rumex Patientia).
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Pithecia satanas
(gcide) | 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.
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genus pithecia
(wn) | genus Pithecia
n 1: sakis [syn: Pithecia, genus Pithecia] |
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