orangutan 音標拼音: [ɔr'æŋətæn] [ɔr'æŋətɑn]
n . 猩猩
猩猩
orangutan n 1 :
large long -
armed ape of Borneo and Sumatra having arboreal habits [
synonym : {
orangutan }, {
orang }, {
orangutang }, {
Pongo pygmaeus }]
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 .] (
Zool .)
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 ]
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