Definition of "ourang-outang" [ou•rang•-ou•tang]

• Alternative form of orangutan. (noun)

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• "Poe's The Murders in the Rue Morgue featured an orangutan --- or ourang-outang as Poe called it."
• "The screams of women suddenly and strangely raised, was the first thing that arrested the departure of the multitude, when those who glanced their eyes back, saw Sylvan, the great ourang-outang, produce himself in the lists, to their surprise and astonishment."
• "The “Old Man” is not an ourang-outang nor an Ifrít as in Sayf al-Mulúk, Night dcclxxi., but a jocose exaggeration of a custom prevailing in parts of Asia and especially in the African interior where the Tsetse-fly prevents the breeding of burden-beasts."