MANUS

Manus

The manus is the zoological term for the distal portion of the fore limb of an animal. In tetrapods, it is the part of the pentadactyl limb that includes the metacarpals and digits . During evolution, it has taken many forms and served a variety of functions. It can be represented by the hand of primates, the lower front limb of hoofed animals or the fore paw and is represented in the wing of birds, bats and prehistoric flying reptiles, the flipper of marine mammals and the 'paddle' of extinct marine reptiles, such as plesiosaurs and ichthyosaurs.

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manus

Noun

  1. A hand, as the part of the fore limb below the forearm in a man, or the corresponding part in other vertebrates.
  2. The power over other people, especially that of a man over his wife.


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