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ORANG
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large long-armed ape of Borneo and Sumatra having arboreal habits
Synonyms:
orang; orangutan; orangutang; Pongo pygmaeus
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("orang" is a kind of...):
great ape; pongid (any of the large anthropoid apes of the family Pongidae)
Holonyms ("orang" is a member of...):
genus Pongo; Pongo (type genus of the family Pongidae: orangutans)