ourang-utang

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ourang-utang - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.] (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. [Written
     also orangutan, orangutang, orang-utan, ourang-utang,
     and oran-utan.]
     [1913 Webster +PJC]
  
     Note: It is over four feet high, when full grown, and has
           very long arms, which reach nearly or quite to the
           ground when the body is erect. Its color is reddish
           brown. In structure, it closely resembles man in many
           respects.
           [1913 Webster]