BRACHIATE


Meaning of BRACHIATE in English

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 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .