ORANGUTAN

[orang.u.tan] n [Bazaar Malay (Malay-based pidgin), fr. Malay orang man + hutan forest] (1691): a largely herbivorous arboreal anthropoid ape (Pongo pygmaeus) of Borneo and Sumatra that is about two thirds as large as the gorilla and has brown skin, long sparse reddish brown hair, and very long arms