Quadrumanan.

Brit.

/kwɒˈdruːmənə/,

/kwəˈdruːmənə/, U.S.

/kwɑˈdrumənə/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Quadrumana.

Etymology: < scientific Latin Quadrumana ( J. F. Blumenbach Handb. der Naturgeschichte (ed. 4, 1791) iv. 49), neuter plural (short for Quadrumana animalia ) of post-classical Latin quadrumanus (see quadrumanous adj.). Compare Bimana n., and earlier quadrumane n.

Zoology. Now rare (chiefly historical).

With plural agreement. A former order of mammals in which all four feet resemble hands in having an opposable digit, comprising all primates other than humans; (also in form quadrumana) primates of this order.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > order Primates > [noun]

Primates1768

Quadrumana1819

1819 W. Lawrence Lect. Physiol. 175 The crania of all the quadrumana..are distinguished from the human skull by the comparative size..of the jaws.

1863 C. Lyell Geol. Evid. Antiq. Man xix. 375 Those species of the anthropoid quadrumana which are most akin to him [sc. man] in structure.

1882 R. Owen in Longman's Mag. 1 67 This tooth..is the last of the permanent set of teeth to be fully developed in the Quadrumana.

1968 S. de Madariaga Portrait of Man Standing 46 What is the good of the hind-hands which quadrumana display?

1999 BioScience 49 74/1 Buffon..mocked Linnaeus's concept of the Quadrumana, which would group sloths with scaly lizards and humans.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	quadrumana
释义	Quadrumanan. Brit. /kwɒˈdruːmənə/, /kwəˈdruːmənə/, U.S. /kwɑˈdrumənə/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Quadrumana. Etymology: < scientific Latin Quadrumana ( J. F. Blumenbach Handb. der Naturgeschichte (ed. 4, 1791) iv. 49), neuter plural (short for Quadrumana animalia ) of post-classical Latin quadrumanus (see quadrumanous adj.). Compare Bimana n., and earlier quadrumane n. Zoology. Now rare (chiefly historical). With plural agreement. A former order of mammals in which all four feet resemble hands in having an opposable digit, comprising all primates other than humans; (also in form quadrumana) primates of this order. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > order Primates > [noun] Primates1768 Quadrumana1819 1819 W. Lawrence Lect. Physiol. 175 The crania of all the quadrumana..are distinguished from the human skull by the comparative size..of the jaws. 1863 C. Lyell Geol. Evid. Antiq. Man xix. 375 Those species of the anthropoid quadrumana which are most akin to him [sc. man] in structure. 1882 R. Owen in Longman's Mag. 1 67 This tooth..is the last of the permanent set of teeth to be fully developed in the Quadrumana. 1968 S. de Madariaga Portrait of Man Standing 46 What is the good of the hind-hands which quadrumana display? 1999 BioScience 49 74/1 Buffon..mocked Linnaeus's concept of the Quadrumana, which would group sloths with scaly lizards and humans. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1819
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