Pongo pygmaeus

Definitions of Pongo pygmaeus
  1. noun
    large long-armed ape of Borneo and Sumatra having arboreal habits
    synonyms: orang, orangutan, orangutang
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    type of:
    great ape, pongid
    any of the large anthropoid apes of the family Pongidae
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