| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | ma·nus |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  m  n s, mä- |
| NOUN: | Inflected forms: pl. manus
The distal part of the forelimb of a vertebrate, including the wrist and hand or the carpus and forefoot. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Latin, hand. See man-2 in Appendix I.
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