quadrumane

== English == === Etymology === From French quadrumane, from Late Latin quadrumanus. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkwɒdɹʊmeɪn/ === Noun === quadrumane (plural quadrumanes) (zoology, now rare) 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 === quadrumane (comparative more quadrumane, superlative most quadrumane) (zoology, now rare) Pertaining to such an animal; quadrumanous; loosely, "ape-like". == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from Late Latin quadrumanus, from quattuor (whence French quatre) and manus (whence French main). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ka.dʁy.man/, (rare) /kwa.dʁy.man/ === Noun === quadrumane m (plural quadrumanes) (zoology) quadrumane === Adjective === quadrumane (plural quadrumanes) (zoology) quadrumanous, quadrumane Synonym: tétrachire ==== See also ==== quadrupède === Further reading === “quadrumane”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012