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Webster 1913 Edition


Quadrumane

Quad′ru-mane

,
Noun.
[L.
quattuor
four +
manus
a hand: cf. F.
quadrumane
.]
(Zool.)
One of the Quadrumana.

Definition 2024


quadrumane

quadrumane

English

Noun

quadrumane (plural quadrumanes)

  1. (zoology, now rare) 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.

Adjective

quadrumane (comparative more quadrumane, superlative most quadrumane)

  1. (zoology, now rare) Pertaining to such an animal; quadrumanous; loosely, "ape-like".

French

Etymology

From Late Latin quadrumanus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /k(w)adʁyman/

Noun

quadrumane m (plural quadrumanes)

  1. (zoology) quadrumane

Adjective

quadrumane m, f (plural quadrumanes)

  1. (zoology) quadrumanous, quadrumane