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ˈcheiropod, -ped Zool.
[(In mod.L. cheiropoda pl., f. Gr. χειρο- hand- + -ποδος footed, lit. hand-footed (animals).]
A name applied by Ogilby to the mammals possessed of hands, including the Bimana (man), and Quadrumana (monkeys, lemurs), of other naturalists.
1837New Monthly Mag. XLIX. 521 A modern zoologist (Ogilby) has, not inaptly, applied the term Cheiropeds or hand-footed animals to this group. 1864Webster Chiropod. |