Bimane

/baɪˈmeɪn/ adjective

Definition

Having two hands; two-handed, especially in the context of primates or animals.

Etymology

From Latin 'bi-' (two) and 'manus' (hand); a variant of bimanal, used in scientific and zoological contexts.

Kelly Says

'Bimane' and its cousins show how taxonomy creates words on the fly—scientists literally built new adjectives to describe what they observed, but some became obsolete as our understanding evolved.

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