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orang utan

Noun

Meaning

orang utan (plural orang utans)

Alternative spelling of orangutan

orang-utan (plural orang-utans)

Alternative spelling of orangutan

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Alternative names

orang-utan

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Other compounds Connecting hyphens are used in a large number of miscellaneous compounds, other than modifiers, such as in lily-of-the-valley, cock-a-hoop, clever-clever, tittle-tattle and orang-utan. Source: Internet

Use is often dictated by convention rather than fixed rules, and hyphenation styles may vary between authors; for example, orang-utan is also written as orangutan or orang utan, and lily-of-the-valley may or may not be hyphenated. Source: Internet

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