brachiate

brachiate
adj. /bray"kee it, -ayt', brak"ee-/; v. /bray"kee ayt', brak"ee-/, adj., v., brachiated, brachiating.
adj.
1. Bot. having widely spreading branches in alternate pairs.
2. Zool. having arms.
v.i.
3. to progress by means of brachiation.
[1825-35; < L brachiatus with branches like arms. See BRACHI-, -ATE1]

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