brachiate

(brā′kē āt′, brak′ē-; for adj. usually, -it)

adjective

having widely spreading branches, alternately arranged

Origin: < brachio- + -ate

to swing arm over arm from one hold to the next, as certain apes and monkeys do

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See brachiate in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective
Zoology

Having arms or armlike appendages.

intransitive verb (-ātˌ) 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.

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Origin: Latin brācchiātus

Origin: , from brācchium, arm

Origin: . V., from New Latin brāchiāre, brāchiāt-

Origin: , from brācchium; see brachium

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