释义 |
pedimanous, a. Zool.|pɪˈdɪmənəs| [f. as prec. + -ous.] Having feet like hands: applied to the lemurs and opossums in reference to their hind feet.
1839–47Todd Cycl. Anat. III. 290/2 None of the..pedimanous..Placentals present this condition of the hind leg. 1857Mayne Expos. Lex., Pedimanus,..applied by Vicq d'Azyr and Blainville to a Family (Pedimani..) of the Mammifera,..of which the feet, having the thumb opposible, are thus converted into a kind of hand: pedimanous. |