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Definition of Orangutang
1. Noun. Large long-armed ape of Borneo and Sumatra having arboreal habits.
Generic synonyms: Great Ape, Pongid
Group relationships: Genus Pongo, Pongo
Definition of Orangutang
1. Noun. (alternative form of orangutan) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Orangutang
Literary usage of Orangutang
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Lectures on the Science of Language: Delivered at the Royal Institution of by F. Max (Friedrich Max) Müller, Royal institution of Great Britain (1890)
"... DIFFERENT FORMS IN THE SAME LANGUAGE. of the forest, the orangutang. This orang
is pronounced in different Polynesian dialects, rany, oran, oían, Ian, ..."
2. Lectures on the Science of Language: Delivered at the Royal Institution of by Friedrich Max Müller (1864)
"Man in Malay is orang ; hence orane/ utan, the man of the forest, the orangutang.
This orang is pronounced in different Polynesian dialects, rang, oran, ..."
3. Handbook of Diseases of the Skin by Hugo Ziemssen (1885)
"The Indian woman orangutang presented at the office of the Lancet (The Lancet, 1.
c.). 2, The Milan case mentioned by Hebra (1. с., p. 30). 3. ..."
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