Definitions for brachiateˈbreɪ ki ɪt, -ˌeɪt, ˈbræk i-; -ˌeɪt
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
bra•chi•ateˈbreɪ ki ɪt, -ˌeɪt, ˈbræk i-; -ˌeɪt(adj.; v.)-at•ed, -at•ing.
(adj.)Bot.having widely spreading branches in alternate pairs.
Category: Botany
Zool. having arms.
Category: Zoology
(v.i.)to progress by means of brachiation.
Category: Zoology
Origin of brachiate:
1825–35; < L brāchiātus with branches like arms. See brachium
Princeton's WordNet
brachiate(adj)
having widely spreading paired branches
"maples are brachiate"
brachiate(verb)
having arms or armlike appendages
brachiate(verb)
swing from one hold to the next
"the monkeys brachiate"
Webster Dictionary
Brachiate(adj)
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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