brachiate | ||
1. | [ adjective ] (zoology) having arms or armlike appendages | |
Related terms: | zoology armed | |
2. | [ adjective ] (botany) having widely spreading paired branches | |
Examples: | "maples are brachiate" |
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Related terms: | botany branchy | |
3. | [ verb ] swing from one hold to the next, as of some arboreal apes and monkeys | |
Related terms: | swing brachiation | |
Similar spelling: |
brecciate brachiation Bruchidae bracteate Bracht Brocato breakwater bracted break_water broached breeched breached bracteal breastplate bracteole brecht breasted |