brachiate
[ adjective brey-kee-it, -eyt, brak-ee-; verb brey-kee-eyt, brak-ee- ]
adjective
Botany. having widely spreading branches in alternate pairs.
Zoology. having arms.
Origin of brachiate
1Words Nearby brachiate
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How to use brachiate in a sentence
brachiate, with opposite branches at right angles to each other.
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British Dictionary definitions for brachiate
brachiate
adjective(ˈbreɪkɪɪt, -ˌeɪt, ˈbræk-)
botany having widely divergent paired branches
verb(ˈbreɪkɪˌeɪt, ˈbræk-)
(intr) (of some arboreal apes and monkeys) to swing by the arms from one hold to the next
Origin of brachiate
1C19: from Latin bracchiātus with armlike branches
Derived forms of brachiate
- brachiation, noun
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