Hypertext Webster Gateway: "orang"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Orang \O*rang"\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
See {Orang-outang}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Orang-outang \O*rang"-ou*tang`\, n. [Malayan ?rang ?tan, i. e.,
man of the woods; ?rang man + ?tan a forest, wood, wild,
savage.] (Zo["o]l.)
An arboreal anthropoid ape ({Simia satyrus}), which inhabits
Borneo and Sumatra. Often called simply {orang}. [Written
also {orang-outan}, {orang-utan}, {ourang-utang}, and
{oran-utan}.]
Note: It is over four feet high, when full grown, and has
very long arms, which reach nearly or quite to the
ground when the body is erect. Its color is reddish
brown. In structure, it closely resembles man in many
respects.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
orang
n : large long-armed ape of Borneo and Sumatra having arboreal
habits [syn: {orangutan}, {orangutang}, {Pongo pygmaeus}]
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