orangutan

noun
🔊/əˈræŋətæn/
🔊/əˈræŋətæn/
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  1. a large ape (= an animal like a large monkey with no tail) with long arms and red-brown hair, that lives in Borneo and Sumatra猩猩,褐猿(产于婆罗洲和苏门答腊)Topics Animalsc2
    Word OriginFrom Malay orang utan/​hutan, meaning ‘person of the forest’.