Zool. [(In mod.L. cheiropoda pl., f. Gr. χειρο- hand- + -ποδος footed, lit. hand-footed (animals).] A name applied by Ogilby to the mammals possessed of hands, including the Bimana (man), and Quadrumana (monkeys, lemurs), of other naturalists.
1837. New Monthly Mag., XLIX. 521. A modern zoologist (Ogilby) has, not inaptly, applied the term Cheiropeds or hand-footed animals to this group.
1864. Webster, Chiropod.
