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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.
The Murders in the Rue Morgue by Poe, Edgar Allan View in context
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.
Poems by Poe, Edgar Allan View in context
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.
The Origin of Species by Darwin, Charles View in context
 
 
 
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