orangutan

«orangutan» in Mova's school dictionary: a large, intelligent ape with long reddish-orange hair… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (an orangutan, orangutans)

meaning for a pupil

1) An orangutan is a large, intelligent ape with long reddish-orange hair and very long arms, which lives in the rainforests of Borneo and Sumatra in South-East Asia. tree →

2) Orangutans spend most of their lives in trees and are the largest tree-living animals. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science and geography lessons orangutans come up in rainforest habitats and conservation: forests are being cut down for farms, including palm oil plantations, so orangutans are critically endangered. Their name comes from Malay words meaning «person of the forest». They make a new nest of leaves to sleep in every night and use leaves as umbrellas.

examples

• The orangutan swung slowly from branch to branch. tree →
• Orangutans live only on the islands of Borneo and Sumatra. tree →
• Their name means «person of the forest». tree →
• A baby orangutan stays with its mother for years. tree →
• Orangutans build a fresh leafy nest each night. tree →
• Cutting down the rainforest puts orangutans in danger. tree →
• The orangutan held a big leaf over its head like an umbrella. tree →

note

Plural «orangutans»; «an orangutan». Also spelt «orang-utan». Spelling trap: it ends in «-tan», not «-tang», though some people say «orang-utang». It is an ape, not a monkey.

In the corpora

• Gorillas and chimps walk on all fours leaning on their knuckles, while orangutans walk on their fists or the sides of their hands.
• Wild orangutans hold big leaves over their heads like umbrellas, and zoo orangutans use sacks and blankets the same way.
• Wild orangutans live only on Borneo and Sumatra and are critically endangered, largely because forests were cut down for palm oil farms.
• Like all apes, orangutans, gibbons and bonobos have no tails.
• Orangutans make umbrellas and roofs from big leaves, learning from their mothers, with whom they stay for about 7 or 8 years.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «orangutan» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.