Definitionn. large long-armed ape of Borneo and Sumatra having arboreal habits
Last update: September 12, 2015
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Till recently these apes have been generally included in the same family (Simiidae) with the chimpanzee, gorilla and orang-utan, but they are now regarded by several naturalists as representing a family by themselves - the Hylobatidae. [Please select]
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To dream of an orang-utang, denotes that some person is falsely using your influence to further selfish schemes. [Please select]
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In locomotion the orang disdains the earth and perambulates the vernal terraces of the forest trees. [Please select]
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Wallace, "to watch a mias (orang-utan) making his way leisurely through a forest." [Please select]
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My next informant was Orang Kayo or chief of the Balow Dyaks on the Simunjou River. [Please select]
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Buffon thus describes an orang-utan that he saw: "His aspect was melancholy, his deportment grave, his movements regular, and his disposition gentle." [Please select]
The collection of animals which Doctor Hamilton placed at my disposal consisted of ten monkeys and one orang utan. [Please select]
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A well-known traveller relates a circumstance concerning the orang-otang in its wild state, which is indicative of very considerable powers, both of reflection and invention. [Please select]
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"I think it is an orang-outang," remarked Phil, "and he would make short work of us if he came down." [Please select]
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