bimanous

American  

[bim-uh-nuhs, bahy-mey-] / ˈbɪm ə nəs, baɪˈmeɪ- /

Also bimanal

adjective

Zoology.

1. having two hands, especially as distinct from feet.

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bimanous British  

/ ˈbɪmənəs, baɪˈmeɪ- /

adjective

1. (of man and the higher primates) having two hands distinct in form and function from the feet

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Etymology

Origin of bimanous

1825–35; < New Latin biman ( a ) ( animalia ) two-handed (animals) + -ous. See bimane

Example Sentences

Even in these enlightened days, many a curate who, considered abstractedly, is nothing more than a sleek bimanous animal in a white neck-cloth, with views more or less Anglican, and furtively addicted to the flute, is adored by a girl who has coarse brothers, or by a solitary woman who would like to be a helpmate in good works beyond her own means, simply because he seems to them the model of refinement and of public usefulness.

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In dealing with the suggestion that man differs from the apes in being bimanous, while the apes are quadrumanous, Huxley first explained and discussed what the exact differences between hands and feet are.

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The friar made a sign toward the door, which the alferez closed in his own way—with a kick, for he had found his hands superfluous and had lost nothing by ceasing to be bimanous.

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There can be no doubt, therefore, that the ape's foot deserves that name just as much as the human foot does, and that all true apes are just as "bimanous" as man.

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The terms "bimanous" and "quadrumanous" had been already employed by Buffon in 1766, but not applied in a strict zoological classification till so used by Blumenbach.

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