noun
- large apes with long reddish-brown hair that live in trees in Borneo and Sumatra
Usage: plural of orangutan
Examples
- Orangutans are highly intelligent primates.
- The zoo’s orangutans swing from branch to branch in their enclosure.
- Deforestation threatens the habitat of wild orangutans.
- Baby orangutans stay with their mothers for several years.
- Orangutans use tools to extract insects from tree bark.
- The documentary showed orangutans building nests in the treetops.