fourhandedness

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fourhanded +‎ -ness

Noun[edit]

fourhandedness (uncountable)

  1. The state or quality of being fourhanded; having or using four hands.
    • 1964, Jack Hale Prost, Readings on human evolution, page 15:
      A primary and persistently ground-living form does not develop fourhandedness. The present forelimb of the hominids is incomprehensible without prior arboreal life.