Having characteristics relating to hands and feet; occasionally used to describe organisms or conditions involving hand and foot structures.
From Greek 'cheir' (hand) and 'pous' (foot) with the suffix '-ous' (full of, characterized by). This is a rare adjective form mostly found in older or highly technical texts.
This word is so obscure that most modern dictionaries don't even include it—it's like finding a dinosaur fossil in your backyard, proof that older writers experimented with word combinations that never really caught on!
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