sprang
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On a similar occasion, a little later, Lyell asks, after meeting 'Huxley, Hooker, and Wollaston at Darwin's,' 'After all, did we not come from an ourang?'
From Charles Darwin by Allen, Grant
His attention is called to a point in the ear that is like a point in the ear of the ourang, to canine teeth, to muscles like those by which a horse moves his ears.
From In His Image by Bryan, William Jennings
The gibbons are all Asiatic monkeys, and inhabit the same countries with the ourang, viz., the tropical forests of India and the Indian Archipelago.
From Quadrupeds, What They Are and Where Found A Book of Zoology for Boys by Harvey, William
"I am coming!" shouted Bulan, and without another glance at his mutinous crew he sprang through the line of menacing ourang outangs.
From The Monster Men by Burroughs, Edgar Rice
With a sudden start she opened her eyes wide to look up into the hideous face of a giant ourang outang.
From The Monster Men by Burroughs, Edgar Rice
