Definitions for: Brachiate

[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

Webster (1913) 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.

Synonyms: armed, branchy

See Also: sway, swing

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