First Known Use: 1863
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uakari
noun ua·ka·ri \wä-ˈkä-rē\
plural ua·ka·ris
Definition of UAKARI
: either of two short-tailed mostly naked-faced South American monkeys (Cacajao melanocephalus and C. calvus)
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Origin of UAKARI
from an unidentified language of western Brazilian Amazonia
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