Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An orangutan.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
orang-utan .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) See
orang-outang .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun An
orangutan .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun large long-armed ape of Borneo and Sumatra having arboreal habits
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Examples
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I should object to the appellation orang-outang, and I should resent with emphasis that of baboon.
A Strange Discovery Charles Romyn Dake
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We must not believe, notwithstanding the assertions of almost all zoological writers, that the word orang-otang is applied exclusively in the Malay language to the Simia satyrus of Borneo.
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We must not believe, notwithstanding the assertions of almost all zoological writers, that the word orang-otang is applied exclusively in the Malay language to the Simia satyrus of
Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 Alexander von Humboldt 1814
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These they call orang alus, fine, or impalpable beings, and regard them as possessing the faculty of doing them good or evil, deprecating their wrath as the sense of present misfortunes or apprehension of future prevails in their minds.
The History of Sumatra Containing An Account Of The Government, Laws, Customs And Manners Of The Native Inhabitants William Marsden 1795
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· The word orang-utan comes from the Malay for "person of the forest"
TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2010
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The title, as enigmatic as most of the images we get to see during the movie, is actually a few words from the Cockney slang term "as queer as a clockwork orange," which Burgess decided to use to illustrate the oddity of a conditioned person ( "orang" being the Malay word for "man").
Film School Rejects Dr. Cole Abaius 2009
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AMSTERDAM, Netsains - Siapa bilang ilmuwan semuanya geeko alias orang-orang aneh?
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Aku ingat bulan puasa ni, makin bersabar dan baik hati jadinya, tapi makin celaka orang kita ni.
fengh Diary Entry fengh 2003
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The superior feet of the chimpanzee in bipedal work is for that species a great advantage, and the longer toes of the orang are a handicap.
The Minds and Manners of Wild Animals A Book of Personal Observations William Temple Hornaday 1895
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The anthropoid apes in general manifest a reversion from the social toward the solitary state, this condition reaching its ultimate in the orang, which is one of the most solitary of animals.
Man And His Ancestor A Study In Evolution Charles Morris 1877
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