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

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.

From The Antiquity of Man by Lyell, Charles, Sir

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.

From The Evolution of Man — Volume 2 by Haeckel, Ernst Heinrich Philipp August

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.

From Thomas Henry Huxley; A Sketch Of His Life And Work by Mitchell, P. Chalmers (Peter Chalmers)

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.

From The Social Cancer by Derbyshire, Charles E.