orangutan

orang·u·tan

noun
\ə-ˈraŋ-ə-ˌtaŋ, -ˈraŋ-gə-, -ˌtan\

Definition of ORANGUTAN

: a largely herbivorous arboreal anthropoid ape (Pongo pygmaeus) of Borneo and Sumatra that is about ²⁄₃ as large as the gorilla and has brown skin, long sparse reddish-brown hair, and very long arms

Illustration of ORANGUTAN

Origin of ORANGUTAN

Bazaar Malay (Malay-based pidgin), from Malay orang man + hutan forest

First Known Use: 1691

Rhymes with ORANGUTAN

Afghanistan, angry young man, arrière-ban, attention span, Baluchistan, bipartisan, catamaran, catch-as-catch-can, cavalryman, committeeman, deliveryman, dirty old man, Kalimantan, medicine man, newspaperman, radioman, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, watering can