- Main Entry:
- ua·ka·ri
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- Pronunciation:
-
\wä-ˈkä-rē\
- Function:
- noun
- Inflected Form(s):
- plural ua·ka·ris
- Etymology:
- from an unidentified language of western Brazilian Amazonia
- Date:
- 1863
: either of two short-tailed mostly naked-faced South American monkeys (Cacajao melanocephalus and C. calvus)