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Adjective: brachiate  breykeeut
  1. Having widely spreading paired branches
    "maples are brachiate"
     
  2. Having arms or armlike appendages
Verb: brachiate  'breykee`eyt
  1. Swing from one hold to the next
    "the monkeys brachiate"

Derived forms: brachiating, brachiated, brachiates

See also: armed, brachiation, branchy

Type of: sway, swing

Encyclopedia: Brachiate

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Brachiopoda
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