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Definition of orangutan noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

orangutan

noun
 
/əˈræŋətæn/
 
/əˈræŋətæn/
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  1. a large ape (= an animal like a large monkey with no tail) with long arms and red-brown hair, that lives in Borneo and SumatraTopics Animalsc2
    Word OriginFrom Malay orang utan/​hutan, meaning ‘person of the forest’.
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