Bornean
Britishadjective
noun
Example Sentences
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With their new additions, the Bornean orangutans now number seven and the western lowland gorillas number eight.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 2, 2025
The Bornean orangutan which arrived on 28 April has been named Rufus.
From BBC • Aug. 22, 2024
Bornean orangutans rubbed themselves with juices from a medicinal plant, possibly to reduce body pains or chase away parasites.
From Seattle Times • May 2, 2024
Sumatran orangutans live in habitats with high food supply while Bornean populations live with low and fluctuating food availability.
From Science Daily • Feb. 5, 2024
For "Amsterdam," the fashionable residential suburb of Bulungan village, was fighting the same enemy as "Rotterdam," the town below, an enemy more terrible than Dyak blow-pipes and Dyak poisoned arrows, the Bornean sun.
From The Argus Pheasant by Beecham, John Charles
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