quadrumanous, a.
(kwəˈdruːmənəs)
Also 8 quadri-.
[f. mod.L. quadruman-us (see Quadrumana) + -ous.]
Belonging to the order of Quadrumana; four-handed.
| [1699 Tyson Orang-Out. 91 Our Pygmie is..tho' a Biped, yet of the Quadrumanus-kind. Ibid. 94 The Orang-Outang..being Quadrumanus, like the Ape-kind.] 1819 W. Lawrence Lect. Physiol. Zool. 128 All the simiæ, and the lemurs likewise, are quadrumanous. 1830 Lyell Princ. Geol. I. 152 Not a single bone of a quadrumanous animal has ever yet been discovered in a fossil state. 1860 Emerson Cond. Life, Fate Wks. (Bohn) II. 317 He betrays his relation to what is below him—small-brained, fishy, quadrumanous quadruped. 1874 Wood Nat. Hist. 2 The Quadrumanous, or Four-handed animals, are familiarly known by the titles of Apes, Baboons, and Monkeys. |
b. Ape-like (in destructiveness).
| 1790 Burke Fr. Rev. Wks. V. 308 At this malicious game they display the whole of their quadrimanous activity. |