anguĭ-mănus

a, um, adj.

anguismanus

I. with serpent-hand, an epithet of the elephant, because he makes quick, serpent-like motions with his trunk (manus), perh. only in Lucr. 2, 537; 5, 1303.
Lewis & Short
A Latin Dictionary, 1879
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