Orang-outang \O*rang"-ou*tang`\, n. [Malayan ?rang ?tan, i. e.,
man of the woods; ?rang man + ?tan a forest, wood, wild,
savage.]
(Zo["o]l.)
An arboreal anthropoid ape (Simia satyrus), which inhabits
Borneo and Sumatra. Often called simply orang. [Written
also orang-outan, orang-utan, ourang-utang, and
oran-utan.]
Note: It is over four feet high, when full grown, and has
very long arms, which reach nearly or quite to the
ground when the body is erect. Its color is reddish
brown. In structure, it closely resembles man in many
respects.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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