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brachial | brachial artery | brachial plexus | brachial vein | brachiata | brachiate | brachiation | brachinus | brachiocephalic vein | brachioganoid | brachioganoidei

brachiate

 : 
Adjective, Verb (usu participle), Verb (intransitive)
 : 
bra=chi=ate

CIDE DICTIONARY

brachiatea. [L. brachiatus (bracch-) with boughs or branches like arms, from brackium (bracch-) arm.].
     Having branches in pairs, decussated, all nearly horizontal, and each pair at right angles with the next, as in the maple and lilac.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

brachiate, v. & adj.
--v.intr. (of certain apes and monkeys) move by using the arms to swing from branch to branch.
--adj. Biol.
1 having arms.
2 having paired branches on alternate sides.

Derivative
brachiation n. brachiator n.
Etymology
L bra(c)chium arm

For further exploring for "brachiate" in Webster Dictionary Online


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