orang
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But the "orang" sound in their name has nothing to do with their distinct coloration: the name orangutan means "person of the forest" in the Malay language.
From Salon ● Apr. 13, 2022
Reading these comments, I wanted to make like our pal the young orang.
From The New Yorker ● May 24, 2019
“For an orang of her age, it looks wonderful,” he said.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 23, 2015
Well, They Tried: Back in 2011 an orangutan named Semeru became the first zoo-born orang to be released back into the wild.
From Scientific American ● Apr. 6, 2013
This implies the development of the adult parietal bone in the orang from two original segments, one above the other.
From A Bilateral Division of the Parietal Bone in a Chimpanzee; with a Special Reference to the Oblique Sutures in the Parietal by Aleš Hrdlička
