Orangutan Definition

ô-răngə-tăn, ō-răng-, ə-răng-
orangutans
noun
orangutans
A great ape (Pongo pygmaeus) with shaggy, reddish-brown hair, very long arms, small ears, and a hairless face: it is smaller than the gorilla and is found only in the swampy, coastal jungles of Borneo and Sumatra.
Webster's New World
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Noun

Singular:
orangutan
Plural:
orangutans

Origin of Orangutan

  • Malay orang (“person", "man") + hutan (“forest") "forest man". The name "orang utan (sic)" appears to have been bestowed by Europeans. The indigenous name given to the apes Pongo pygmaeus and Pongo abelii by locals historically was mawas.

    From Wiktionary

  • Malay orang hutan orang man hutan wilderness, jungle

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Orangutan Sentence Examples

  • The orangutan is the only strictly arboreal ape and is actually the largest tree living mammal in the world.

  • More than half-a-dozen separate races of orangutan are recognized in Borneo, where, however, they do not appear to be restricted to separate localities.

  • The journey would take me straight through France to Germany on a mission to collect a one-year-old, male Sumatran orangutan called Aris.

  • The female orangutan reaches puberty at ten years and will normally have her first infant between the age of 12 and 15.

  • We will meet the orangutans and trekking for about 30 minutes to feeding station for the orangutan afternoon feeding time.

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