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; brachiatus with branches like arms. See BRACHI-, -ATE 1 ]