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ourang-outang

ourang-outang is the archaic 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-outang

pluralourang-outangs

Origin of ourang-outang

From Malay orang utan.

Questions about ourang-outang

What is ourang-outang the archaic spelling of?
Ourang-outang is the archaic spelling of orangutan.

Words near ourang-outang in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ourang-outang (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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