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Webster 1913 Edition
Quadrumana
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Quad-ru′ma-na
,Noun.
pl.
[NL. See
Quadrumane
.] (Zool.)
A division of the Primates comprising the apes and monkeys; – so called because the hind foot is usually prehensile, and the great toe opposable somewhat like a thumb. Formerly the Quadrumana were considered an order distinct from the Bimana, which last included man alone.
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Quadrumana
Quadrumana
Translingual
Proper noun
Quadrumana
- (obsolete) A taxonomic division within the order Primates – comprising the apes and monkeys; so called because the hind foot is usually prehensile, and the great toe opposable somewhat like a thumb. Formerly, the Quadrumana were considered an order distinct from the Bimana, which last included man alone.
- 1871, Charles Darwin, Descent of Man:
- WITH mankind the differences between the sexes are greater than in most of the Quadrumana, but not so great as in some, for instance, the mandrill.
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