Dictionary Definition
manus n : the (prehensile) extremity of the
superior limb; "he had the hands of a surgeon"; "he extended his
mitt" [syn: hand, mitt, paw]
User Contributed Dictionary
see Manus
English
Etymology
From manus.Noun
Translations
See handDerived terms
- amanuensis
- Bimana
- bimanous
- command
- immane
- longimanous
- mainpast
- mainport
- maintain
- manacle
- manciple
- maniable
- manichord
- manicure
- manifest
- maniform
- manilla
- maniple
- manitrunk
- manner
- manoeuvre
- manual
- manuduct
- manufact
- manufaction
- manufacture
- manmotive
- manumotor
- manuprisor
- manuscribe
- manuscript
- manuscription
- manutergium
- manu-tract
- massage
- masturbate
- mortmain
- pedimane
- Quadrumana
Hungarian
Noun
manus- guy, older boy, male italbrac ironically
Latin
Noun
Extensive Definition
Manus, a masculine first name derived from the
Latin meaning "hand" and, less commonly, a "band of men," may refer
to:
- Manus
Province, in Papua New Guinea
- Manus Island, part of Manus Province
- Manus languages, a subgroup of the Eastern Admiralty Islands languages
- Manus marriage, a type of marriage during Roman times
- Manus award
- Willard Manus, Los Angeles-based novelist
- Max Manus (1914-1996), Norwegian resistance fighter during World War II
- Manus (zoology), the zoological term for the distal portion of the fore limb of an animal
See also
- Magnus (disambiguation)
manus in German: Manus