QUADRUMANA


Meaning of QUADRUMANA in English

noun ·pl 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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