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What is a manus?

What is a manus? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (formal) A hand, as the part of the fore limb below the forearm in a man, or the corresponding part in other vertebrates.
  2. (obsolete, Roman law) The power over other people, especially that of a man over his wife.
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Therefore, taxonomic designation based on only manus prints would be premature without associated pes impressions.
Consequently, ETA should be described as the longa manus of Minoan, operating as a representative of Minoan, as an intermediary who acts exclusively on behalf of Minoan and does not undertake business on its own account.
In lepidosaurs, crocodilians, and birds the medial border or epicondyle of the humerus is the origin for the major flexors of the manus and carpus.
Caudipteryx has short forelimbs and a feathered manus and is likely to have been a secondarily flightless bird.
The fully flexed pollex in an articulated manus of Shuvuuia is in a position similar to full flexion in Mononykus.
Sauropod footprints show heteropody, with relatively small manus and large pes prints.

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