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Sa·ki

 (sä′kē)
See Hector Hugh Munro.

sa·ki 1

 (sä′kē, -kĕ)
n.
Variant of sake2.

sa·ki 2

 (sä′kē)
n. pl. sa·kis
Any of several small omnivorous arboreal monkeys of the genera Pithecia and Chiropotes of northern and central South America, having long legs and a long bushy nonprehensile tail.
[French, shortening (given as a name to a species of saki by Georges Louis Leclerc de Buffon) of English sakee winkee, sakiwinki, ultimately from Tupí sagui or a kindred Tupí-Guaraní source.]
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saki

(ˈsɑːkɪ)
n
1. (Animals) any of several small mostly arboreal New World monkeys of the genera Pithecia and Chiropotes, having long hair and a long bushy tail
2. (Brewing) another name for sake2
[sense 1: C20: French, from Tupi saqi]

Saki

(ˈsɑːkɪ)
n
(Biography) pen name of (Hector Hugh) Munro1
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sake1

(seɪk)

n.
1. benefit or well-being; interest; advantage: for the sake of all students.
2. purpose; end: art for art's sake, not for any other cause.
[before 900; Middle English; Old English sacu lawsuit, cause; c. Old Frisian sake, Old Saxon saka, Old High German sahha (German Sache), Old Norse sǫk; akin to seek]

sa•ke2

sa•ki

(ˈsɑ ki)

n.
a mildly alcoholic Japanese beverage made from fermented rice.
[1680–90; < Japanese sake(y)]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.Saki - British writer of short stories (1870-1916)
H. H. Munro, Hector Hugh Munro, Munro
2.saki - Japanese alcoholic beverage made from fermented rice; usually served hot
rice beer, sake
alcohol, alcoholic beverage, alcoholic drink, inebriant, intoxicant - a liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agent; "alcohol (or drink) ruined him"
Nihon, Nippon, Japan - a constitutional monarchy occupying the Japanese Archipelago; a world leader in electronics and automobile manufacture and ship building
rice - annual or perennial rhizomatous marsh grasses; seed used for food; straw used for paper
3.saki - small arboreal monkey of tropical South America with long hair and bushy nonprehensile tail
New World monkey, platyrrhine, platyrrhinian - hairy-faced arboreal monkeys having widely separated nostrils and long usually prehensile tails
genus Pithecia, Pithecia - sakis
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And with due and proper and most intricate Japanese ceremonial we of the circle drank saki, pale, mild, and lukewarm, from tiny porcelain bowls.
No mild saki for them, but square faces illicitly refilled with corrosive fire that flamed through their veins and burst into conflagrations in their heads.
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Passepartout wandered for several hours in the midst of this motley crowd, looking in at the windows of the rich and curious shops, the jewellery establishments glittering with quaint Japanese ornaments, the restaurants decked with streamers and banners, the tea-houses, where the odorous beverage was being drunk with saki, a liquor concocted from the fermentation of rice, and the comfortable smoking-houses, where they were puffing, not opium, which is almost unknown in Japan, but a very fine, stringy tobacco.
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Within this framework, as human beings deny rationality, consciousness and soul to animals, and thereby marginalise and use them as a means to their ends, Saki's specific use of animals in his short stories is the explicit criticism of his society, which is shaped by the anthropocentric and speciesist ideology of the period.
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Previous studies have revealed the role of P-selectin in IRI and sepsis model of AKI, and blocking P-selectin protects mice from AKI through attenuating neutrophil recruitment into kidney.[sup][6],[7] Research also indicated that platelet P-selectin, but not endothelial, is critical for neutrophil-mediated acute postischemic renal failure.[sup][8] Whether platelet-derived P-selectin is involved in the development of SAKI has not been determined.
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