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Noun: orangutan  u'rang-û,tan or ow'rang-(g)u,tan
  1. Large long-armed ape of Borneo and Sumatra having arboreal habits
    "Deforestation threatens the habitat of wild orangutans";
    - orang, orangutang, Pongo pygmaeus

Derived forms: orangutans

Type of: great ape, pongid

Part of: genus Pongo, Pongo

Encyclopedia: Orangutan