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Adjective: brachiate  brey-kee-ut
  1. (botany) having widely spreading paired branches
    "maples are brachiate"
     
  2. (zoology) having arms or armlike appendages
Verb: brachiate  brey-kee-ut
  1. Swing from one hold to the next
    "the monkeys brachiate"

Derived forms: brachiated, brachiates, brachiating

See also: armed, branchy

Type of: sway, swing

Encyclopedia: Brachiate

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brachial plexus
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Brachinus
brachiocephalic vein
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Brachiopoda
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brachiosaurus
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brachium
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