orangutan

Noun.  An arboreal anthropoid ape genus ''Pongo'' consisting of two species, ''Pongo pygmaeus'' of Borneo and ''Pongo abelii'' of Sumatra, having a shaggy reddish-brown coat, very long arms, and no tail.

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