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quadrumane

[ kwod-roo-meyn ]

noun

  1. a quadrumanous animal, as a monkey.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of quadrumane1

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

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.

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.

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.

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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