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Noun: orangutang
  1. Large long-armed ape of Borneo and Sumatra having arboreal habits
    "Deforestation threatens the habitat of wild orangutangs";
    - orangutan, orang, Pongo pygmaeus

Derived forms: orangutangs

Type of: great ape, pongid

Part of: genus Pongo, Pongo

Encyclopedia: Orangutang