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Quadrumana - Wikipedia
A similar term, quadrumanous, is used to describe locomotion involving both using feet and using hands to grasp at branches. Bimana is Latin for "two ... en.wikipedia.org
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QUADRUMANOUS Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of QUADRUMANOUS is having feet adapted for grasping. www.merriam-webster.com
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QUADRUMANOUS Definition & Meaning - Dictionary.com
Quadrumanous definition: four-handed; having all four feet adapted for use as hands, as monkeys.. See examples of QUADRUMANOUS used in a sentence. www.dictionary.com
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quadrumanous
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.] 1... Oxford English Dictionary
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QUADRUMANOUS definition in American English - Collins Dictionary
1. having all four feet adapted to function as hands 2. of a group of primates, including monkeys and great apes, having such adaptation. www.collinsdictionary.com
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quadrumanous - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
quadrumanous (comparative more quadrumanous, superlative most quadrumanous). Having four feet whose first digits are opposable; applies to all non-human ... en.wiktionary.org
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quadrumanous - American Heritage Dictionary Entry
adj. Having opposable first digits on both the feet and the hands, used for gripping and climbing. Many primates are quadrumanous. ahdictionary.com
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Word Information - search results for: quadrumanous
Four-handed or having all four feet adapted for use as hands: The quadrumanous primates; such as, apes and monkeys, have four grasping appendages. wordinfo.info
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quadrumanous, adj. meanings, etymology and more
OED's earliest evidence for quadrumanous is from 1704, in Philosophical Transactions. quadrumanous is a borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. www.oed.com
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Word of the Day – Quadrumanous - For Reading Addicts
Quadrumanous (adj). kwod-roo-man-us. Four-handed; having all four feet adapted for use as hands, as monkeys. forreadingaddicts.co.uk
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quadrimanous
quadrimanous obs. var. quadrumanous. Oxford English Dictionary
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quadrumanal
quadrumanal, a. (kwəˈdruːmənəl) [f. prec. + -al1.] = quadrumanous.1871 Daily News 17 Mar., The habitation of our quadrumanal relatives. 1882 Owen in Longm. Mag. I. 67 The lowest..variety of the Bimanal order differs from the Quadrumanal one in the order of appearance..of the second or ‘permanent’ se... Oxford English Dictionary
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Suspensory behavior
Pronograde tail/quadrumanous-suspend: All five limbs help support the body while the back is horizontal. Orthograde tail/quadrumanous-suspend: All five limbs help support the body while the back is vertical. wikipedia.org
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quadrumane
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 lemuri... Oxford English Dictionary
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George Britton Halford
Publications On the Time and Manner of Closure of the Auriculo-Ventricular Valves (1861) Not Like Man, Bimanous and Biped, nor yet Quadrumanous, but Cheiropodous wikipedia.org
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