ORANGUTAN
Dictionary entry overview: What does orangutan mean? • ORANGUTAN (noun)
The noun ORANGUTAN has 1 sense:
1. large long-armed ape of Borneo and Sumatra having arboreal habits
Familiarity information: ORANGUTAN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• ORANGUTAN (noun)
Meaning:
Large long-armed ape of Borneo and Sumatra having arboreal habits
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
orang; orangutan; orangutang; Pongo pygmaeus
Hypernyms ("orangutan" is a kind of...):
great ape; pongid (any of the large anthropoid apes of the family Pongidae)
Holonyms ("orangutan" is a member of...):
genus Pongo; Pongo (type genus of the family Pongidae: orangutans)
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