A creature with hand-like appendages or feet resembling hands, used in zoological classification.
From Greek χείρ (cheír) 'hand' and πούς (poús) 'foot,' literally meaning 'hand-foot.'
Some animals defy our simple categories—primates have hand-like feet, and octopuses have arm-hands—cheiropod reminds us that the distinction between limbs is blurrier than we think.
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