bra·chi·ate (br  k - t, -t , br k-)adj. Zoology Having arms or armlike appendages. intr.v. (- t) bra·chi·at·ed, bra·chi·at·ing, bra·chi·ates To move by swinging with the arms from one hold to another, as certain apes do. [Latin br cchitus, from brcchium, arm. V., from New Latin brchire, brchit-, from brcchium; see brachium.]bra chi·ation n. |
brachiate
adj [ˈbreɪkɪɪt -ˌeɪt ˈbræk-]
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) Botany having widely divergent paired branches
vb [ˈbreɪkɪˌeɪt ˈbræk-]
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) (intr) (of some arboreal apes and monkeys) to swing by the arms from one hold to the next
[from Latin bracchiātus with armlike branches]
brachiation n
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| Verb | 1. | brachiate - swing from one hold to the next; "the monkeys brachiate" |
| Adj. | 1. | brachiate - having widely spreading paired branches; "maples are brachiate" branchy - having many branches; "a branchy tree trunk" |
| 2. | brachiate - having arms or armlike appendages zoological science, zoology - the branch of biology that studies animals armed - having arms or arms as specified; used especially in combination; "the many-armed goddess Shiva" |
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