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orangoutang

orangoutang is the obsolete spelling of orangutan.

Meaning of orangutan

Noun

orangutan (plural orangutans)

  1. An arboreal ape, characterised by its shaggy reddish-brown coat and long arms, of the genus Pongo, native to Borneo and Sumatra.

Forms of orangoutang

pluralorangoutangs

Origin of orangoutang

From Malay orang utan.

Questions about orangoutang

What is orangoutang the obsolete spelling of?
Orangoutang is the obsolete spelling of orangutan.

Words near orangoutang in the dictionary

  1. Orango
  2. orangoid
  3. orangotang
  4. orangotangs
  5. orangoutan
  6. orangoutang
  7. orangoutangs
  8. orangoutans
  9. orangs
  10. orangutan
  11. orangutang

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Adapted from Wiktionary: orangoutang (page history and authors); orangutan (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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