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Ourang-outang

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Ou`rang´-ou`tang`
n.1.(Zool.) See Orang-outang.


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It was a minute anatomical and generally descriptive account of the large fulvous Ourang-Outang of the East Indian Islands.
At this stage of the process, some one of the party suggested feathers; but the suggestion was at once overruled by the dwarf, who soon convinced the eight, by ocular demonstration, that the hair of such a brute as the ourang-outang was much more efficiently represented by flu.
I infer also from an observation made by Professor Owen, with respect to the length of the arms of the ourang-outang, that he has come to a nearly similar conclusion.
 
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