orangutan
IPA: ɔrˈæŋʌtæn
noun
- Any of three species of arboreal anthropoid ape, characterised by their shaggy reddish-brown coat and long arms, which comprise the genus Pongo; Pongo pygmaeus of Borneo, Pongo abelii of Sumatra or Pongo tapanuliensis of South Tapanuli (in Sumatra).
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Examples of "orangutan" in Sentences
- The female orangutan died soon after.
- The orangutan falls down a crack in the ground and dies.
- They are the gigantic Rafflesia plants and the orangutan.
- The situation is reversed when referring to the orangutan.
- He studied the orangutan, the rhinoceros, the skull of a whale.
- He studied the orangutan, the rhinoceros and the skull of a whale.
- Humans' ancestors are different from the ancestors of the orangutan.
- Ken Allen was the name given to a Bornean orangutan at the San Diego Zoo.
- They went to an orangutan center and got to meet the animals face to face.
- He learns that all the animals have been recovered except for the orangutan.
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