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orangutan |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Orang-outang \O*rang"-ou*tang`\, n. [Malayan ?rang ?tan, i. e., man of the woods; ?rang man + ?tan a forest, wood, wild, savage.] (Zo["o]l.) An arboreal anthropoid ape ({Simia satyrus}), which inhabits Borneo and Sumatra. Often called simply {orang}. [Written also {orang-outan}, {orang-utan}, {ourang-utang}, and {oran-utan}.] Note: It is over four feet high, when full grown, and has very long arms, which reach nearly or quite to the ground when the body is erect. Its color is reddish brown. In structure, it closely resembles man in many respects. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: orangutan n : large long-armed ape of Borneo and Sumatra having arboreal habits [syn: {orang}, {orangutang}, {Pongo pygmaeus}]
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