orangutan

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Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /əˈɹæŋ.ə.tæn/, /əˈɹæŋ.əˌtæŋ/
• (America) IPA: /əˈɹæŋ.əˌtæn/, /əˈɹæŋ.əˌtæŋ/

Noun

orangutan (plural orangutans)

1. An arboreal anthropoid ape genus Pongo consisting of two species, Pongo pygmaeus of Borneo and Pongo abelii of Sumatra, having a shaggy reddish-brown coat, long arms, and no tail.

Translations

• French: orang-outan
• German: Orang-Utan
• Italian: orango
• Portuguese: orangotango
• Russian: орангута́н
• Spanish: orangután

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