ORANGUTAN


Meaning of ORANGUTAN in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ə-ˈraŋ-ə-ˌtaŋ, -ˈraŋ-gə-, -ˌtan ]

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

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