orangutan

[ aw-rang-oo-tan, oh-rang-, uh-rang- ]

/ ɔˈræŋ ʊˌtæn, oʊˈræŋ-, əˈræŋ- /

a large, long-armed anthropoid ape, Pongo pygmaeus, of arboreal habits, inhabiting Borneo and Sumatra: an endangered species.

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Also o·rang-u·tan, o·rang·u·tang, o·rang-ou·tang

[aw-rang-oo-tang, oh-rang-, uh-rang-] /ɔˈræŋ ʊˌtæŋ, oʊˈræŋ-, əˈræŋ-/.

1690–1700; < New Latin, Dutch orang outang, apparently < pidgin or bazaar Malay: literally, forest man (Malay orang man, person + (h)utan forest

Also called orang.

Some dude slaps an orangutan around a little,” says Rick, “and they ask for $800,000,000.
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But it is unlikely to make that transition itself, anymore than you could turn yourself into your neighbor, or an orangutan.
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There was an orangutan sanctuary there, and I heard that they were taking volunteers.
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Sammy the orangutan has watched himself in Dunston Checks In, and he seemed to be interested.
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He leaped from left to right, and back again, like an orangutan stirred to frenzied anger.
Captain Pott's Minister|Francis L. Cooper
Of the great man-like apes (gorilla, orangutan, and chimpanzee).
Dactylography|Henry Faulds