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orangutang

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o⋅rang⋅u⋅tan

  [aw-rang-oo-tan, oh-rang-, uh-rang-]
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–noun
a large, long-armed anthropoid ape, Pongo pygmaeus, of arboreal habits, inhabiting Borneo and Sumatra: an endangered species.
Also, o⋅rang-u⋅tan, o⋅rang⋅u⋅tang, o⋅rang-ou⋅tang  [aw-rang-oo-tang, oh-rang-, uh-rang-] .
Also called orang.

Origin:
1690–1700; < NL, D orang outang, appar. < pidgin or bazaar Malay: lit., forest man (Malay orang man, person + (h)utan forest
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