quadrumana

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quadrumana - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Quadrumana \Quad*ru"ma*na\, n. pl. [NL. See Quadrumane.]
     (Zool.)
     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.
     [1913 Webster]