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orang-outang

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O`rang´-ou`tang`
n.1.(Zool.) An arboreal anthropoid ape (Pongo pygmaeus, formerly Simia satyrus), which inhabits Borneo and Sumatra. Often called simply orang. It is now an endangered species.
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orang-outang, orang-utan [ɔˈræŋuːˈtæn] n → orangután m
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THE orang-outang in the big iron cage lashed to the sheep-pen began the discussion.
From Mine Own People by Kipling, Rudyard View in context
His master had taught him, as he might an orang-outang, to rub the floors, dust the furniture, black his boots, brush his coats, and bring a lantern to guide him home at night if the weather were cloudy, and clogs if it rained.
An Old Maid by de Balzac, Honore View in context
When you can look round a roomful of people and think that each one is a mere child in intellect compared with yourself you feel no more shy of them than you would of a select company of magpies or orang-outangs.
Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow by Jerome, Jerome K. View in context
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