quadrumane

Meanings

Noun

• 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

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

Origin

• From French quadrumane, from Late Latin quadrumanus.