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Quadrumane

Quadrumane \Quad"ru*mane\, n. [L. quattuor four + manus a hand: cf. F. quadrumane.] (Zo["o]l.) One of the Quadrumana.

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quadrumane

a. (context zoology now rare English) Pertaining to such an animal; quadrumanous; loosely, "ape-like". n. (context zoology now rare English) An animal having four hands and feet with opposable digits, specifically a member of the now obsolete order of mammals Quadrumana, comprising all non-human primates; a primate.

Usage examples of "quadrumane".

Traces of the quadrumane, or monkey, have been found in the older tertiaries of France, India, and England.

Duff-Muggli, who now may be quoted by very kind arrangement (his dectroscophonious photosensition under suprasonic light control may be logged for by our none too distant futures as soon astone values can be turned out from Chromophilomos, Limited at a millicentime the microamp), first called this kind of paddygoeasy partnership the ulykkhean or tetrachiric or quadrumane or ducks and drakes or debts and dishes perplex (v.