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  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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