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Definition of Orangs
1. orang [n] - See also: orang
Lexicographical Neighbors of Orangs
Literary usage of Orangs
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Two Years in the Jungle: The Experiences of a Hunter and Naturalist in India by William Temple Hornaday (1885)
"Three orangs Killed.—A Troublesome Infant—Accessions from Native Hunters.—Seven
orangs in One Day.—Miscellaneous Gatherings.—A Battle-scarred Hero. ..."
2. Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1880)
"ON THE SPECIES OF BORNEAN orangs, WITH NOTES ON THEIR HABITS. By WM. T. HORNADAY,
of Rochester, NY A COMPARISON of the mammalian fauna of Borneo with that ..."
3. The Edinburgh Journal of Science by Sir David Brewster (1829)
"Remarks on the structure of the Gibbons, a subgenus of the orangs or ... but they
were orangs of the subgenus Gibbon, and corresponded tolerably well to the ..."
4. The Edinburgh Journal of Science by Royal Society of Edinburgh (1829)
"goes on to mention the deportment of the two orangs on troduction to each other.
They tumbled about like children, any symptoms of sexual desire, ..."
5. Indigenous Races of the Earth: Or, New Chapters of Ethnological Inquiry by Josiah Clark Nott, Louis-Ferdinand-Alfred Maury, George Robins Gliddon, Ferencz Aurelius Pulszky, James Aitken Meigs (1868)
"I have already alluded, on another occasion, to the identity of color of the
Malays and orangs: may we not now remember, also, a similar resemblance between ..."
6. Summarized Proceedings ... and a Directory of Members by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1880)
"The orang-utan is utterly incapable of standing fully erect without touching the
ground with its hands. I have seen many orangs in captivity, but not one of ..."
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