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Definition of Ourang
1. n. The orang-outang.
Definition of Ourang
1. Noun. An orangutan. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Ourang
1. orang [n -S] - See also: orang
Medical Definition of Ourang
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Ourang
Literary usage of Ourang
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Complete Works of Rev. Thomas Smyth, D. D. by Thomas Smyth (1910)
"These important differences may readily be distinguished in the figures 5 and 6,
which represent the base of the human skull and of the ourang. ..."
2. The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. by James Boswell (1901)
"... Giles's—The Cowgate—The College— Holy-rood House—Swift- Witchcraft—Lord Monboddo
and the ourang-Outang—Actors- Poetry and Lexicography—Scepticism—Vane ..."
3. London by Charles Knight (1851)
"In the same house with the giraffes is an animal that more than divides with them
the attention and curiosity of visitors; this is the female ourang-outan, ..."
4. Bible Defence of Slavery: And Origin, Fortunes, and History of the Negro Race by Josiah Priest (1852)
"... in their approximation to the form of the ourang-outang, through the influence
of negro amalgamation— Deterioration of the mental image of God, ..."
5. A Popular Account of the Manners and Customs of India by Charles Acland (1879)
"There, sitting as quietly and demurely as possible, was an enormous ourang-outang,
or monkey of some sort. When I first caught sight of him he had my ..."
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