quadrumane

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noun zoology 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 zoology Pertaining to such an animal; quadrumanous; loosely, "ape-like".

From French quadrumane, from Late Latin quadrumanus.

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Il s'agissait done d'un autre quadrumane litteraire.

International Miscellany of Literature, Art and Science, Vol. 1, No. 3, Oct. 1, 1850 Various
From the lowest vertebrate, in Mr. Darwin's plexus, to the highest quadrumane (his nearest allied type to man), covering almost an infinite variety of distinct living forms, the distance to be traversed, in order to reach man, is hardly more than one-third the length of the still unlinked and uncompleted chain.

Life: Its True Genesis R. W. Wright
Traces of the quadrumane, or monkey, have been found in the older tertiaries of

An Expository Outline of the "Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation" With a Notice of the Author's "Explanations:" A Sequel to the Vestiges Anonymous
Accordingly its illustrious sponsor offered it to the world as an _irregular quadrumane_.

The History of a Mouthful of Bread And its effect on the organization of men and animals Jean Mac�� 1854
This _quadrumane_ without hands -- this _edentate_ whose molars are preceded by magnificent canines -- this enigma of nature, created for the confusion and despair of all classification -- does, I must in all humility confess, completely upset the rule I laid down so stringently when speaking of the horse, as to the objects for which canine teeth were framed.

The History of a Mouthful of Bread And its effect on the organization of men and animals Jean Mac�� 1854