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Topic: ANIMALS

Date: 1600-1700
Language: Malay
Origin: orang hutan 'man of the forest'

orangutang

 noun
     
o‧rang‧u‧tang also orang-utan [countable]
HBA a large ape with long arms and long orange-brown hair
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