Fourhandedness

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The state or quality of being fourhanded; having or using four hands. uncountable

    "A primary and persistently ground-living form does not develop fourhandedness. The present forelimb of the hominids is incomprehensible without prior arboreal life."

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"A primary and persistently ground-living form does not develop fourhandedness. The present forelimb of the hominids is incomprehensible without prior arboreal life."

Etymology

From fourhanded + -ness.

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