quadrumane

[kwod-roo-meyn]

noun

1. a quadrumanous animal, as a monkey.

Word History and Origins

Origin of quadrumane¹

1820–30; < New Latin quadrumana, noun use of feminine of quadrumanus quadrumanous

Example Sentences

Quadrumane, kwod′rōō-mān, n. one of the Quadru′mana, an order of mammalia having four hands, or four feet, with an opposable thumb—also Quad′ruman.—adj.

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The Brazilian quadrumane was found, with a great many other extinct species of animals, by a Danish naturalist, Dr. Lund, between the rivers Francisco and Velhas, in 1837.

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The British quadrumane was discovered in 1839, by Messrs. William Colchester and Searles Wood, at Kyson, near Woodbridge, in Suffolk, and was referred by Professor Owen to the genus Macacus.

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Lastly, the English quadrumane first met with, occurred in a more ancient stratum than the rest, and at a point more remote from the equator.

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The concluding memoir, relating more especially to points of approximation in cranial and denial structure of the highest Quadrumane to the lowest Bimane, has been separately published.

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