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brachial |
brachial artery |
brachial plexus |
brachial vein |
brachiata |
Brachiate
| brachiation
| brachinus
| brachiocephalic vein
| brachioganoid
| brachioganoidei
Brachiate
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb Brachiate has 1 sense
- brachiate(v = verb.motion) Array - swing from one hold to the next; "the monkeys brachiate" is one way to sway, swing
Derived form noun brachiation1
Sample sentences:
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Somebody ----s
Adjective Brachiate has 2 senses
CIDE DICTIONARY
Brachiate, a. [L. brachiatus (bracch-) with boughs or branches like arms, from brackium (bracch-) arm.].
Having branches in pairs, decussated, all nearly horizontal, and each pair at right angles with the next, as in the maple and lilac. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
Brachiate, v. & adj.
--v.intr. (of certain apes and monkeys) move by using the arms to swing from branch to branch.
--adj. Biol.
1 having arms.
2 having paired branches on alternate sides.
--v.intr. (of certain apes and monkeys) move by using the arms to swing from branch to branch.
--adj. Biol.
1 having arms.
2 having paired branches on alternate sides.
Derivative
brachiation n. brachiator n.
Etymology
L bra(c)chium arm
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