four-handedness

See also: fourhandedness

English

Noun

four-handedness (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of fourhandedness
   • 2002, Charles De Paolo, Human Prehistory in Fiction, →ISBN, page 22:

     Zira ascribes this evolutionary blossoming to the ape's four-handedness: the opposability of four sets of thumbs and toes helped them to brachiate and to perceive spatial depth, in turn, giving them great dexterity

   • 1984, Roger Milliss, Serpent's Tooth: An Autobiographical Novel, page 348:

     ...there was a cake to cut in ceremonial four-handedness and solemnly take round to each and every guest.