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orangutang

orangutang is the alternative 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 orangutang

pluralorangutangs

Questions about orangutang

What is orangutang the alternative spelling of?
Orangutang is the alternative spelling of orangutan.

Words near orangutang in the dictionary

  1. orangoutang
  2. orangoutangs
  3. orangoutans
  4. orangs
  5. orangutan
  6. orangutang
  7. orangutangs
  8. orangutanlike
  9. orangutans
  10. orangy
  11. Orani

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Adapted from Wiktionary: orangutang (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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