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Definition of Ouakari
1. n. Any South American monkey of the genus Brachyurus, especially B. ouakari.
Definition of Ouakari
1. Noun. (alternative form of uakari) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Ouakari
1. a type of South American monkey [n -S]
Medical Definition of Ouakari
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Ouakari
Literary usage of Ouakari
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Geography of Mammals by William Lutley Sclater, Philip Lutley Sclater (1899)
"Saki are all inhabitants of various localities within this district. The mode of
distribution of the three species of ouakari is ..."
2. The Cambridge Natural History by Sidney Frederick Harmer, Arthur Everett Shipley (1902)
"Not the least remarkable fact about these ouakari Monkeys is their distribution
in South America. We cannot do better than FIG. 267.— White-nosed Said. ..."
3. The Americana: A Universal Reference Library, Comprising the Arts and ...edited by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines edited by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines (1912)
"ouakari, wa-ka're, a South Americans monkey of the genus Brachyurus, remarkable-
for the extreme shortness of the tail, and for the great length of the ..."
4. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1904)
"... 'saki,' 'sapajou,' 'ouakari,' and similar terms which have come down to us
through the writings of various early European travelers, by whom they have ..."
5. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History by William Jardine (1854)
"... is a native of Guiana, and does not pass the Rio Negro on the west, or the
Amazon on the south. The B. ouakari is found on the Upper Rio Negro; ..."
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