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brachiate
 
SYLLABICATION:bra·chi·ate
PRONUNCIATION:  brk-t, -t, brk-
ADJECTIVE: Zoology Having arms or armlike appendages.
INTRANSITIVE VERB:Inflected forms: bra·chi·at·ed, bra·chi·at·ing, bra·chi·ates
(-t) To move by swinging with the arms from one hold to another, as certain apes do.
ETYMOLOGY:Latin brcchitus, from brcchium, arm. V., from New Latin brchire, brchit-, from brcchium. See brachium.
OTHER FORMS:brachi·ation —NOUN
 
 
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