The terms "bimanous" and "quadrumanous" had been already employed by Buffon in 1766, but not applied in a strict zoological classification till so used by Blumenbach. From Wordnik.com. [The Antiquity of Man] Reference
Martian humanity is, in fact, a race of sextuple origin; but it is, at present, biped, bimanous and what may be called bipennate, since those beings have two wings. From Wordnik.com. [Part III, Chapter III of "Uranie"] Reference
In dealing with the suggestion that man differs from the apes in being bimanous, while the apes are quadrumanous, Huxley first explained and discussed what the exact differences between hands and feet are. From Wordnik.com. [Thomas Henry Huxley; A Sketch Of His Life And Work] Reference
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