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quadrumanous

[kwo-droo-muh-nuh s]
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adjective
  1. four-handed; having all four feet adapted for use as hands, as monkeys.
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Origin of quadrumanous

1690–1700; < New Latin quadrumanus, equivalent to Latin quadru- quadru- + -manus, adj. derivative of manus hand (cf. manual)
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Examples from the Web for quadrumanous

Historical Examples

  • She belongs to the same zoological species that we do, and is neither trimanous nor quadrumanous.

    Mysterious Psychic Forces

    Camille Flammarion

  • Many persons possess at least one quadrumanous or embryonic character.

  • It must be borne in mind that the quadrumanous indications are found in the lower classes of the most developed races.

  • Behead a narrow piece of woven fabric and leave a quadrumanous animal.

British Dictionary definitions for quadrumanous

quadrumanous

adjective
  1. (of monkeys and apes) having all four feet specialized for use as hands
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Word Origin

C18: from New Latin quadrumanus, from quadri- + Latin manus hand
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quadrumanous in Science

quadrumanous

[kwŏ-drōō′mə-nəs]
  1. Having four feet and using all four feet as hands, as primates other than humans do. The big toes as well as the thumbs of quadrumanous species are opposable.
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