ORANGUTAN


Meaning of ORANGUTAN in English

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

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