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Definition: Simia satyrus
Orang-outang
\O*rang"-ou*tang`\, Orang-utan
\O*rang"-u*tan`\, n.
[Malayan [=o]rang [=u]tan, i. e., man of the woods; [=o]rang
man + [=u]tan a forest, wood, wild, savage.] (Zo["o]l.)
An arboreal anthropoid ape (
Pongo pygmaeus, formerly
Simia satyrus
), which inhabits Borneo and Sumatra. Often called
simply
orang. It is now an endangered species. [Written
also
orangutan,
orangutang,
orang-utan,
ourang-utang,
and
oran-utan.]
[1913 Webster +PJC]
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.
[1913 Webster]