Ourang-outang

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Dated form of orangutan. alt-of, dated

    "It was a minute anatomical and generally descriptive account of the large fulvous Ourang-Outang of the East Indian Islands."

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apegorillamanorangorangutangpongo pygmaeus

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"It was a minute anatomical and generally descriptive account of the large fulvous Ourang-Outang of the East Indian Islands."

Etymology

From Malay orang utan.

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