Meaning Of The Word Brachiate

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brachiate in American English
having widely spreading branches, alternately arranged
to swing arm over arm from one hold to the next, as certain apes and monkeys do
adjective: having widely spreading branches in alternate pairs
intransitive verb: to progress by means of brachiation

brachiate in British English
adjective: having widely divergent paired branches
verb: (of some arboreal apes and monkeys) to swing by the arms from one hold to the next

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