Etymology

Uta Hick's bearded saki

Today it means: Chiropotes utahicki, a monkey endemic to Brazil. Full definition →

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The story

Named in honor of Uta Hick, German primatologist who cared for bearded sakis at the Cologne Zoo.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.