"four-handed" meaning in English

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  "pos": "adj",
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          "extra": "Having four hands",
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          "ref": "2013, Jules Verne, The Collected Works Of Jules Verne",
          "text": "Of these various four-handed animals, the most remarkable are decidedly the \"gueribas,\" with curling tails and a face like Beelzebub.",
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          "ref": "2003, Mahendra Narayan Behera, Brownstudy on Heathenland: A Book on Indology, page 83",
          "text": "The four-handed human form of gods and goddesses is the second stage of evolution in idolatry according to the need of devotees.",
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        "Alternative form of fourhanded (Having four hands)."
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          "ref": "2014, Mary Jo Putney, Not Quite a Wife",
          "text": "I'd almost forgotten, but your first arrangements were creating four-handed pieces we could play together.",
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          "extra": "Requiring or involving four people",
          "word": "fourhanded"
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  "word": "four-handed"
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          "ref": "2003, Mahendra Narayan Behera, Brownstudy on Heathenland: A Book on Indology, page 83",
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  "word": "four-handed"
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