quadrumane, a. and n.
(ˈkwɒdruːmeɪn)
Also quadruman (-mæn).
[a. F. quadrumane (Buffon): see Quadrumana, and next.]
A. adj. = quadrumanous.
| 1835 Kirby Hab. & Inst. Anim. II. xvii. 213 Cuvier's second Order of Mammalians, which he names Quadrumane or four-handed. 1864 Spectator No. 1875. 650 The lemurine—and consequently quadrumane..affinities of Chiromys. 1867 H. Bushnell Moral Uses Dark Things 303 What now shall we say of these quadruman people? |
B. n. One of the Quadrumana.
| 1828 in Webster. 1835 Kirby Hab. & Inst. Anim. I. ii. 71 What Zoologists call the Quadrumanes, or Four-handed beasts. 1856 W. Clark tr. Van der Hoeven's Zool. II. 605 The Quadrumanes and Ruminants. 1882 Owen in Longm. Mag. I. 66 Points of approximation in cranial and dental structure of the highest Quadrumane to the lowest Bimane. |