Originally: a chimpanzee or other large African primate. In later use: the orangutan, genus Pongo. Now historical.
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释义 | the world > animals > mammals > order Primates > suborder Anthropoidea (higher primates) > [noun] > group Catarrhinae (Old World monkey) > member of superfamily Hominoidea (apes and humans) > family Pongidae (ape) > genus Pongo (orang-outang) (11) satyra1398 Originally: a chimpanzee or other large African primate. In later use: the orangutan, genus Pongo. Now historical. orangutan1699 A large, mainly arboreal ape, Pongo pygmaeus, native to forests of Borneo and Sumatra and formerly of Java and the mainland of South-East Asia… man of the woods1755 Phrases and Proverbs. man of the woods: = orangutan, n. pongo1775 An orang-utan (genus Pongo). Now only (in form Pongo) as the genus name. orang1778 = orangutan, n. 1. yahooc1790 = wild man, n. 2. wild man1791 (wild, adj. 1) A name for the orang-outang: also wild man of the woods (see wood, n.1). mias1840 The orang-utan, Pongo pygmaeus. red orang1840 an orangutan (genus Pongo); spec. the Sumatran orangutan, P. abelii, which has bright reddish fur. outang1869 = orangutan, n. 1. lesser orang-utan1903 a small Bornean orang-utan, formerly believed to be a distinct species (Simia morio). disused. |
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