orang·u·tan

orang·u·tan
/əˈræŋəˌtæŋ/ noun, pl -tans [count]
: a large ape that has very long arms and reddish-brown hair

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  • orang — orang; orang·utan; orang·ou·tan; orang·ou·tang; …   English syllables

  • tan — ac·coun·tan·cy; ac·er·tan·nin; ac·e·tan·nin; ace·tyl·tan·nic; ace·tyl·tan·nin; ad·ju·tan·cy; af·fret·tan·do; al·bu·tan·nin; al·len·tan·do; an·na·pol·i·tan; ar·gen·tan; ba·tan; ba·tan·gan; ben·e·ven·tan; bho·tan; bhu·tan; bi·tan·hol; bla·tan·cy;… …   English syllables

  • 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}),… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 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

  • Orang-utan — 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • orang-utan — 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Orang Asli — near Cameron Highlands playing a nose flute. Total population 149,512[1] …   Wikipedia

  • Orang-Utan — [ o:raŋ |u:tan], der; s, s: Menschenaffe mit kurzen Beinen, langen Armen und langhaarigem, rötlich braunem Fell: Orang Utans leben in den Regenwäldern Borneos und Sumatras. * * * Orang Utan 〈m. 6; Zool.〉 Angehöriger einer auf Sumatra u. Borneo… …   Universal-Lexikon

  • Tan Chui Mui — (b. 1978) is a Malaysian Chinese filmmaker based in Malaysia. In 2007, she received the Tiger Award from the 36th International Film Festival Rotterdam with her debut feature film Love Conquers All . The film had previously won the New Currents… …   Wikipedia

  • orang-outang — (o ran ou tan) s. m. Nom vulgaire de l orang roux des naturalistes, pithecus satyrus. Geoffroy ; espèce de singe sans queue, qui se rapproche de l homme par la conformation. •   On verra dans l histoire de l orang outang, que, si l on ne faisait… …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

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