/aw rang"oo tan', oh rang"-, euh rang"-/ , n.
a large, long-armed anthropoid ape, Pongo pygmaeus, of arboreal habits, inhabiting Borneo and Sumatra: an endangered species.
Also, orang-utan, orangutang, orang-outang /aw rang"oo tang', oh rang"-, euh rang"-/ . Also called orang .
[ 1690-1700; orang outang, appar.
orang man, person + ( h ) utan forest ]