orang-utan noun. [ɔ:,raŋu:'tan, ǝ'raŋu:tan] Also (earlier) orang-outang [-u:'taŋ]. L17.
[Malay orang hutan forest person.]
An arboreal anthropoid ape, Pongo pygmaeus, native to Borneo and Sumatra, having long reddish hair and characteristic long arms with hooked hands and feet.

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