Orangutan Noun - Definition, Pictures, Pronunciation And Usage Notes

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Definition of orangutan noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

 

orangutan

 nounnoun NAmE//əˈræŋəˌtæn// , NAmE//əˈræŋəˌtæŋ//  jump to other resultsa large ape (= an animal like a large monkey with no tail) with long arms and reddish hair, that lives in Borneo and Sumatra From Malay orang utan/hutan, meaning “person of the forest.”

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