Hands and Manus

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Hands noun - (with `in') guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child.

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Manus is a synonym for hands. In some cases you can use "Manus" instead a noun "Hands".

Manus noun - The (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb.

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Hands is a synonym for manus. Sometimes you can replace term "Hands" with "Manus", this nouns are similar.

This is to honor their founder, Ferrus Manus, who slew a dragon by drowning it in lava; the lava fused the dragon's metallic skin to Ferrus's hands.

Source: An Arm and a Leg
There's even a similar myth about Ferrus Manus of the Iron Hands, who was not only confirmed killed but decapitated during the Horus Heresy.

Source: King in the Mountain
The armor of the lead trio are named Corus, Manus, and Octus, which refers to heart, hands, and eyes; similar to the "Heart, body and mind" ideal on Galaluna that ends up making up their Sym-Bionic Titan form.

Source: Meaningful Name / Western Animation

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