ALL meanings of orangutan
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O o - noun orangutan orange-brown ape 1
- noun orangutan A large mainly solitary arboreal ape with long reddish hair, long arms, and hooked hands and feet, native to Borneo and Sumatra. The mature male develops fleshy cheek pads and a throat pouch. 1
- noun orangutan a large, long-armed anthropoid ape, Pongo pygmaeus, of arboreal habits, inhabiting Borneo and Sumatra: an endangered species. 1
- countable noun orangutan An orangutan is an ape with long reddish hair that comes from Borneo and Sumatra. 0
- noun orangutan a great ape (Pongo pygmaeus) with shaggy, reddish-brown hair, very long arms, small ears, and a hairless face: it is smaller than the gorilla and is found only in the swampy, coastal jungles of Borneo and Sumatra 0