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orangutan

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Main Entry:
orang·u·tan 
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Pronunciation:
\ə-ˈraŋ-ə-ˌtaŋ, -ˈraŋ-gə-, -ˌtan\
Function:
noun
Etymology:
Bazaar Malay (Malay-based pidgin), from Malay orang man + hutan forest
Date:
1691
: a largely herbivorous arboreal anthropoid ape (Pongo pygmaeus) of Borneo and Sumatra that is about 23 as large as the gorilla and has brown skin, long sparse reddish-brown hair, and very long arms


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