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orang

/ɔˈræŋ/ /oˈræŋ/

Meanings
noun
An orangutan.

Examples :

"The zookeeper fed the orang a banana. "
animal organism biology nature

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fed noun

/fɛd/

A federal government officer or official, especially FBI, CIA, NSA, ATF, and DEA agents.

"That corrupt fed was caught taking bribes from a mobster!"

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banana noun

/bəˈnɑːnə/ /bəˈnænə/

An elongated curved tropical fruit that grows in bunches and has a creamy flesh and a smooth skin.

"My little sister loves to eat bananas for a healthy snack after school. "

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the adverb

/ði/ /ˈðiː/

With a comparative or with more and a verb phrase, establishes a correlation with one or more other such comparatives.

"It looks weaker and weaker, the more I think about it."

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orangutan noun

/əˈɹæŋ.ə.tæn/ /əˈɹæŋ.əˌtæn/

An arboreal anthropoid ape genus Pongo consisting of two species, Pongo pygmaeus of Borneo and Pongo abelii of Sumatra, having a shaggy reddish-brown coat, long arms, and no tail.

"At the zoo, we saw an orangutan swinging through the trees with its long arms. "

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a noun

/æɪ/ /eɪ/ /ə/ /ɔ/

The name of the Latin script letter A/a.

"My teacher wrote the letter "a" on the board to demonstrate its shape. "

Illustration zookeeper

zookeeper noun

/ˈzuˌkipər/

A person employed at a zoo to attend to the animals.

"The zookeeper fed the giraffes their lunch of fresh leaves. "

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an numeral

/æn/

One

"My sister has an older brother. "