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uakari

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uakari /wəˈkɑːri /
noun
(plural uakaris)
a short-tailed monkey with a long, coarse coat and a bare red, white, or black face, found in the Amazon rainforest.
Genus Cacajao, family Cebidae: two or three species.
– ORIGIN mid 19th century: from Tupi.