Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An anthropoid ape of the family Simiidæ; the mias, Simia satyrus.
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- noun Alternative spelling of
orangutan .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Primate biologist Dr David Chivers of the University of Cambridge compared the cast with those from other known primates and local animals and concluded that it was definitely an ape with a unique blend of features from gibbon, orang-utan, chimpanzee and human.
On the trail of the orang pendek, Sumatra's mystery ape | Richard Freeman 2011
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As I have mentioned, the two known orang-utan species had already speciated some 400,000 years ago.
On the trail of the orang pendek, Sumatra's mystery ape | Richard Freeman 2011
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Suddenly he saw, some 15 metres away, a large creature, low on its feet, which ran like a man … it was very hairy and was not an orang-utan; but its face was not like an ordinary man's … Westenenk recorded another encounter.
On the trail of the orang pendek, Sumatra's mystery ape | Richard Freeman 2011
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However, this does not explain how the Sumatran orang-utan survived.
On the trail of the orang pendek, Sumatra's mystery ape | Richard Freeman 2011
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When they come to the forest floor, male Sumatran orang-utan walk on two legs, but up in the trees they will also walk erect along branches.
On the trail of the orang pendek, Sumatra's mystery ape | Richard Freeman 2011
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And Kit Kat owner Nestle never would have been compelled by our supporters and their customers to revise their policy on palm oil procurement, a move which has struck a major blow to an industry which is mowing down orang-utan habitat in Indonesia to plant palm trees.
Kumi Naidoo: We're Sorry, You're Not Allowed to Read This Kumi Naidoo 2012
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He haunted the deck at night, a great, burly, robust ghost, black with the sunburn of thirty years of sea and hairy as an orang-utan.
MAKE WESTING 2010
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If it was easy we would get an orang-utan to do it.
Science and truth have been cast aside by our desire for controversy | Robin McKie 2011
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And Kit Kat owner Nestle never would have been compelled by our supporters and their customers to revise their policy on palm oil procurement, a move which has struck a major blow to an industry which is mowing down orang-utan habitat in Indonesia to plant palm trees.
Kumi Naidoo: We're Sorry, You're Not Allowed to Read This Kumi Naidoo 2012
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I believe the orang pendek is a great ape closely related to the orang-utan – in other words an undiscovered species of ponginae.
On the trail of the orang pendek, Sumatra's mystery ape | Richard Freeman 2011
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