Hand

Hand

A hand (med./lat.: manus, pl. manūs) is a prehensile, multi-fingered extremity located at the end of an arm or forelimb of primates such as humans, chimpanzees, monkeys, and lemurs. A few other vertebrates such as the koala (which has two opposable thumbs on each "hand" and fingerprints remarkably similar to human fingerprints) are often described as having either "hands" or "paws" on their front limbs.

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Famous quotes containing the word hand:

    “The child hand raised to reach the holding hand. Hold the old holding hand. Hold and be held.”
    —Samuel Beckett (1906–1989)

    “My hand and pen are not in plight,
    As they have been of yore.”
    —Thomas Vaux, 2d Baron Vaux Of Harrowden (1510–1566)

    “One hand cannot cover all the world’s eyes.”
    —Chinese proverb.