orangutan
either of two species of long-armed, arboreal great ape, the only extant members of the subfamily Ponginae, inhabiting Borneo (Pongo pygmaeus) and Sumatra (P. abelii): both species, including all three of the Bornean subspecies, are endangered.
Origin of orangutan
1- Also called o·rang [aw-rang, oh-rang] /ɔˈræŋ, oʊˈræŋ/ .
- Also o·rang-u·tan; o·rang·u·tang or o·rang-ou·tang [aw-rang-oo-tang, oh-rang-, uh-rang-] /ɔˈræŋ ʊˌtæŋ, oʊˈræŋ-, əˈræŋ-/ .
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How to use orangutan in a sentence
Here then are two animals, the pithecos and the orang-outang, which must be ranked among the ape kind.
Buffon's Natural History. Volume IX (of 10) | Georges Louis Leclerc de BuffonMan, and the orang-outang, are the only animals which have calfs to their legs, and their posteriors formed for walking erect.
Buffon's Natural History. Volume IX (of 10) | Georges Louis Leclerc de BuffonThe orang-outang differs from the human species more than from apes and monkey: 1.
Buffon's Natural History. Volume IX (of 10) | Georges Louis Leclerc de BuffonWE shall present the Orang-outang and the Jocko together, because they, possibly, belong to the same species.
Buffon's Natural History. Volume IX (of 10) | Georges Louis Leclerc de BuffonThe orang-outang described by Tyson, was still younger, as it was not above two feet high, and its teeth were not entirely formed.
Buffon's Natural History. Volume IX (of 10) | Georges Louis Leclerc de Buffon
British Dictionary definitions for orang-utan
orang-utang (ɔːˌræŋuːˈtæŋ, ˌɔːræŋˈuːtæŋ)
/ (ɔːˌræŋuːˈtæn, ˌɔːræŋˈuːtæn) /
a large anthropoid ape, Pongo pygmaeus, of the forests of Sumatra and Borneo, with shaggy reddish-brown hair and strong arms: Sometimes shortened to: orang
Origin of orang-utan
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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