Get to know Orangutan better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like orang or orangutang.
Orangutan meaning
An arboreal ape, characterised by their shaggy reddish-brown coat and long arms, which comprise the genus Pongo, native to Borneo and Sumatra.
Synonyms of Orangutan
Using Orangutan
- The main meaning on this page is: An arboreal ape, characterised by their shaggy reddish-brown coat and long arms, which comprise the genus Pongo, native to Borneo and Sumatra.
- Useful related words include: orang, orangutang, pongo pygmaeus, great ape.
- In the example corpus, orangutan often appears in combinations such as: an orangutan, of orangutan, bornean orangutan.
Context around Orangutan
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 7 start, 10 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Orangutan
- In this selection, "orangutan" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, different, sumatran, foremost, named, expert and conservation stand out and add context to how "orangutan" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a new orangutan habitat classrooms and also received orangutan promotional bags. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "orangutan" sits close to words such as absolve, acceptability and acetic, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with orangutan
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Image courtesy of Orangutan Information Center (OIC). (7 words)
That was when the orangutan rose to fame. (8 words)
They also received ‘Orangutan’ promotional bags filled with several local products. (11 words)
Plans for The National Science and Conservation Centre include a new orangutan habitat, classrooms, and accommodation for visiting researchers, however, it’s important to note that plans are still to be approved and nothing is confirmed at this stage. (39 words)
Possible linguistic capabilities A study of orangutan symbolic capability was conducted from 1973 to 1975 by zoologist Gary L. Shapiro with Aazk, a juvenile female orangutan at the Fresno City Zoo (now Chaffee Zoo ) in Fresno, California. (37 words)
In 2003, researchers from six different orangutan field sites who used the same behavioural coding scheme compared the behaviours of the animals from the different sites. citation They found the different orangutan populations behaved differently. (35 words)
Addressing The Jungle Book, from 1967, Lauren, who is originally from Dunblane said: 'Remember King Louie the orangutan? (18 words)
Example sentences (20)
The world's foremost orangutan expert, Cocks is also the author of several books and academic papers on the subject of orangutan conservation and a tireless champion for the endangered great apes.
A 40-year-old orangutan named Azy at the Simon Skjodt International Orangutan Center in Indianapolis, Indiana.
In 2003, researchers from six different orangutan field sites who used the same behavioural coding scheme compared the behaviours of the animals from the different sites. citation They found the different orangutan populations behaved differently.
Possible linguistic capabilities A study of orangutan symbolic capability was conducted from 1973 to 1975 by zoologist Gary L. Shapiro with Aazk, a juvenile female orangutan at the Fresno City Zoo (now Chaffee Zoo ) in Fresno, California.
The population currently listed as P. p. wurmbii may be closer to the Sumatran orangutan than the other Bornean orangutan subspecies.
After a shipwreck in the Pacific, a teenage boy named Pi survives on a boat with a zebra, hyena, orangutan and a 450-pound Royal Bengal tiger.
Image courtesy of Orangutan Information Center (OIC).
Plans for The National Science and Conservation Centre include a new orangutan habitat, classrooms, and accommodation for visiting researchers, however, it’s important to note that plans are still to be approved and nothing is confirmed at this stage.
The Center for Great Apes is the only accredited orangutan sanctuary in the Americas and one of the few accredited true sanctuaries that provides a permanent home for chimpanzees.
The number of great works of art about climate change could be counted, comfortably, on the single hand of a soon-to-be-extinct orangutan.
They also received ‘Orangutan’ promotional bags filled with several local products.
This is an amazing story of an orangutan named Zoe, who needed help breastfeeding her new baby.
Alongside the wise orangutan Raka and the human woman Mae, Noa confronts the ruthless gorilla Proximus, determined to free his clan from enslavement.
That was when the orangutan rose to fame.
Patti Ragan, director of the Center for Great Apes in Wauchula, Fla., says Sandra “has adjusted beautifully to her life at the sanctuary” and has befriended Jethro, a 31-year-old male orangutan.
She added: ‘As it was quiet I fed him whilst I sat there, the way the orangutan reacted took my breath away she kept looking at me, then my son then back again.
Addressing The Jungle Book, from 1967, Lauren, who is originally from Dunblane said: 'Remember King Louie the orangutan?
An orangutan and chimpanzee receive face masks after suffering from the smog caused by forest fires in Southeast Asia.
An orangutan clings to a lone tree in an otherwise completely deforested area.
The pair will hike through Gunung Leuser National Park – the last sanctuary of the Sumatran orangutan from the 7 – 9 September in their campaign to end animal cruelty.
Common combinations with orangutan
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- an orangutan 13×
- of orangutan 5×
- bornean orangutan 5×
- the orangutan 4×
- orangutan and 3×
- orangutan habitat 3×
- orangutan is 3×
- orangutan in 3×
- orangutan named 2×
- different orangutan 2×