Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having all four feet like hands; quadrumanous as well as quadrupedal: an epithet applied specifically to the opossums and lemurs, referring especially to the hand-like character of hind feet.
- Pertaining to or having the characteristics of the Pedimana: a term applied to both lemurs and opossums.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Zoöl.) Having feet resembling hands, or with the first toe opposable, as the opossums and monkeys.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective zoology Having
feet resemblinghands , or with the firsttoe opposable , as in theopossums andmonkeys .
Etymologies
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See pedimana.
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