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quadrumanous

[ kwo-droo-muh-nuhs ]

adjective

  1. four-handed; having all four feet adapted for use as hands, as monkeys.


quadrumanous

/ kwɒˈdruːmənəs /

adjective

  1. (of monkeys and apes) having all four feet specialized for use as hands
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

quadrumanous

/ kwŏ-dro̅o̅mə-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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Word History and Origins

Origin of quadrumanous1

1690–1700; < New Latin quadrumanus, equivalent to Latin quadru- quadru- + -manus, adj. derivative of manus hand ( manual )
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Word History and Origins

Origin of quadrumanous1

C18: from New Latin quadrumanus, from quadri- + Latin manus hand
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Example Sentences

The quest to know ourselves begins in 1699 with an anatomical assessment of modern chimpanzees by Edward Tyson who labeled them quadrumanous, meaning all of their appendages were adapted to function as hands.

Among the words that were misspelled: chanoyu, scarlatina, tilleul, preterition, quadrumanous and octateuch.

Among the words that were misspelled: chanoyu, scarlatina, tilleul, preterition, quadrumanous and octateuch.

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Among the words that were misspelled: chanoyu, scarlatina, tilleul, preterition, quadrumanous and octateuch.

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

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