Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A four-handed quadruped; an animal capable of using all four feet as hands; specifically, a member of the Quadrumana.
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Examples
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At an angular distance of more than eighty paces the quadruman had been shot full in the head.
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But the monkey, who was only a humble quadruman, was simply amused at what would have revolted a representative of humanity.
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I have ever seen on a quadruman -- just like a negro's countenance.
Across Unknown South America Arnold Henry Savage Landor 1894
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At an angular distance of more than eighty paces the quadruman had been shot full in the head.
Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon Jules Verne 1866
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But the monkey, who was only a humble quadruman, was simply amused at what would have revolted a representative of humanity.
Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon Jules Verne 1866
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To begin with there is the will: the she-quadruman shows a distinct lust for man by fondling him and displaying her parts as if to entice him.
Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855
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