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ourang-outan

ourang-outan 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 ourang-outan

pluralourang-outans

Questions about ourang-outan

What is ourang-outan the obsolete spelling of?
Ourang-outan is the obsolete spelling of orangutan.

Words near ourang-outan in the dictionary

  1. Ouradas
  2. ourali
  3. ourang
  4. ourang outang
  5. ourang outangs
  6. ourang-outan
  7. ourang-outang
  8. ourang-outangs
  9. ourang-outans
  10. ourangoutang
  11. ourangoutangs

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ourang-outan (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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