- Ourang-outang
- Ourang-outang \Ou*rang"-ou*tang`\, n. (Zo["o]l.) See {Orang-outang}. [1913 Webster]
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Ourang — Ou*rang , n. (Zo[ o]l.) The orang outang. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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Orang-outang — O*rang ou*tang , Orang utan O*rang u*tan , n. [Malayan [=o]rang [=u]tan, i. e., man of the woods; [=o]rang man + [=u]tan a forest, wood, wild, savage.] (Zo[ o]l.) An arboreal anthropoid ape ({Pongo pygmaeus}, formerly {Simia satyrus}), which… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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