saimiri

noun

sai·​mi·​ri

sīˈmirē

1

plural -s : squirrel monkey

2

capitalized [New Latin, from Portuguese] : a genus of small arboreal gregarious South American monkeys comprising the squirrel monkeys

Word History

Etymology

Portuguese, from Guarani çaí miri, literally, little monkey

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Rhymes for saimiri

• kashmiri
• beery
• bleary
• cheery
• cirri
• dearie
• deary
• dreary
• eerie
• kiri
• leary
• leery