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
A thousand persons agree with an article about atavism in orang-outangs and ten thousand more quite refute it.
I, Mary MacLane | Mary MacLaneThe host gave them useful information, and listened with interest to their account of the battle with the orang-outangs.
Four Young Explorers | Oliver OpticIf certain men insist on behaving like orang-outangs in the jungle, then society should treat them as orang-outangs.
Possessed | Cleveland MoffettPressed for an explanation about the red ones, he said they were a couple of orang-outangs.
The Flag of Distress | Mayne ReidThey include the baboons, gorillas, orang-outangs, and chimpanzees.
Elementary Zoology, Second Edition | Vernon L. Kellogg
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
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