HyperDic: orangutan

English > 1 sense of the word orangutan:
NOUNanimalorangutan, orang, orangutang, Pongo pygmaeuslarge long-armed ape of Borneo and Sumatra having arboreal habits
orangutan > pronunciation
Soundsaorae'ngahtaan; aorae'ngahtaen
RhymesAbidjan ... Yukon: 149 rhymes with aan...
afghan / Afghan ... Yucatan: 118 rhymes with aen...
English > orangutan: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaninglarge long-armed ape of Borneo and Sumatra having arboreal habits.
Synonymsorang, orangutang, Pongo pygmaeus
Member ofPongo, genus Pongotype genus of the family Pongidae
Broadergreat ape, pongidAny of the large anthropoid apes of the family Pongidae
Spanishorangután, pongo
Catalanorangutan, Pongo pygmaeus

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