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Zoner · 10-06-2003, 02:26 PM

Ah...an "Orangutan".

Main Entry: orang·u·tan
Pronunciation: &-'ra[ng]-&-"ta[ng], -'ra[ng]-g&-, -"tan
Function: noun
Etymology: Bazaar Malay (Malay-based pidgin), from Malay orang man + hutan forest
Date: 1691
: a largely herbivorous arboreal anthropoid ape (Pongo pygmaeus) of Borneo and Sumatra that is about two thirds as large as the gorilla and has brown skin, long sparse reddish brown hair, and very long arms

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Zoner is Offline Administrator Posts: 17,739 Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Camp Crystal Lake	10-06-2003, 02:26 PM Ah...an "Orangutan". Main Entry: orang·u·tan Pronunciation: &-'ra[ng]-&-"ta[ng], -'ra[ng]-g&-, -"tan Function: noun Etymology: Bazaar Malay (Malay-based pidgin), from Malay orang man + hutan forest Date: 1691 : a largely herbivorous arboreal anthropoid ape (Pongo pygmaeus) of Borneo and Sumatra that is about two thirds as large as the gorilla and has brown skin, long sparse reddish brown hair, and very long arms