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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
orang-utan /ɔːˌraŋuːˈtan, əˈraŋuːtan/ (also orang-utang /-uːˈtaŋ/)

▶noun a large arboreal ape with long red hair, long arms, and hooked hands and feet, native to Borneo and Sumatra. [Pongo pygmaeus.]

– origin C17: from Malay orang utan ‘forest person’.

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