n.
Pronunciation: ə - ' ra ŋ - ə - ˌ ta ŋ , - ' ra ŋ -g ə -, - ˌ tan
Function: noun
Etymology: Bazaar Malay (Malay-based pidgin), from Malay orang man + hutan forest
Date: 1691
: a largely herbivorous arboreal anthropoid ape ( Pongo pygmaeus ) of Borneo and Sumatra that is about 2/3 as large as the gorilla and has brown skin, long sparse reddish-brown hair, and very long arms
orangutan