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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

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. Oura
  2. Ourada
  3. Ouradas
  4. ourali
  5. ourang
  6. ourang outang
  7. ourang outangs
  8. ourang-outan
  9. ourang-outang
  10. ourang-outangs
  11. ourang-outans

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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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