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Meanings of orang in English
Portuguese
orangotango Catalan
orangutan 
Large long-armed ape of Borneo and Sumatra having arboreal habits.
Usage of orang in English
1
The orang-outan apparently took no notice of the object in the water.
2
All the party looked in the direction indicated, and saw the orang.
3
The orang is sanguine, and slower in execution than the nervous chimpanzee.
4
To his delight a young orang-utan came over to check him out.
5
The Professor was the first to speak: That is a young orang.
6
An ape in fact, a monstrous orang-outang from the East Indian Islands.
7
The orang-utans whimpered aloud as if they were singing along with Kensuke.
8
Dr Galdikas has dedicated 41 years of her life to saving orang-utans.
9
The orang-utan is only half the fighter that the chimpanzee is.
10
Some of younger orang-utans were far more interested in playing hide-and-seek than following.
11
There is neither monkey nor orang-outang in the North American forests.
12
The feet of the orang are not good for shoes, and biped work.
13
Both chimpanzee and orang are markedly contrasted with the fierce and gloomy gorilla.
14
But it is the orang-utans which have made the greatest impression.
15
Monkeys, including the orang-utan, are eaten, but not the crocodile nor the tiger-cat.
16
The baby orang-utan either whines or shrieks like a human child.
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