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orangutan

[ US /ɔˈɹæŋətæn, ɔˈɹæŋətɑn/ ]
[ UK /ˈɔːɹɐŋɡjˌuːtən/ ]
NOUN
  1. large long-armed ape of Borneo and Sumatra having arboreal habits

How To Use orangutan In A Sentence

  • In fact, actually compared to chimpanzees and gorillas the orangutans are really much more endangered.
  • One of my top priorities was to pay another visit to Asia's only great ape, the orangutan, which is endemic to Borneo and the Indonesian island of Sumatra. NYT > Home Page
  • The orangutan man reached into his pants and pulled out a handful of brochures.
  • Today it comprises humans, the gibbons, and the great apes (orangutan, chimpanzee, and gorilla).
  • My first two carvings were produced from this branch: a small whale and an orangutan.
  • Chimpanzee families really have something to screech about now that they, along with a pair of orangutans, have moved into new premises at the Johannesburg Zoo.
  • Suddenly, I remembered that back in 1978, when I was about the same age, the first Clint Eastwood movie I ever saw was Every Which Way But Loose, in which he co-starred with an orangutan.
  • There have been sightings of an "orangutan" around Glen St. Mary, Florida, a small Baker County town along the northern border of the state. Archive 2007-11-01
  • The lifeboat is also occupied by a zebra, an orangutan, and a hyena.
  • Hopefully, my kids will recall afternoons playing badminton with their cousins, and boogie boarding at Pacific Beach, and watching two orangutans cuddle amorously at the zoo, long after I popped my final Xanax. Thelma Adams: Obama's Family Vacation: An Oxymoron Case Study
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