orangutan
/ɔːˌraŋuːˈtan
/ /əˈraŋuːtan /(also orangutang /-uːˈtaŋ/)
noun
A large mainly solitary arboreal ape with long red hair, long arms, and hooked hands and feet, native to Borneo and Sumatra.
- Pongo pygmaeus, family Pongidae.
- He added: ‘When people think of monkeys they think of chimpanzees and orangutans which are actually great apes.’
- In fact, actually compared to chimpanzees and gorillas the orangutans are really much more endangered.
Origin
Late 17th century: from Malay orang utan 'forest person'.
- Lindbergh, Anne Morrow
- Lindbergh, Charles
- Lindemann, Frederick Alexander
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