Meaning of BRACHIATE
| Pronunciation: | | [adj]'breykeeit, [v]'breykee`eyt, 'breyki`eyt
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- [adj] (zoology) having arms or armlike appendages
- [adj] (botany) having widely spreading paired branches; "maples are brachiate"
- [v] swing from one hold to the next, as of some arboreal apes and monkeys
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| | Synonyms: | | armed, branchy |
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| | See Also: | | sway, swing | |
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| | Definition: | | \Brach"i*ate\, a. [L. brachiatus (bracch-) with boughs
or branches like arms, from brackium (bracch-) arm.] (Bot.)
Having branches in pairs, decussated, all nearly horizontal,
and each pair at right angles with the next, as in the maple
and lilac.
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