brachiating
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brachiating — non·brachiating; … English syllables
brachiating — adj. branching out, divided, spreading apart … English contemporary dictionary
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Brachiation — (from limb or branch ) is a form of arboreal locomotion in which primates swing from tree limb to tree limb using only their arms. Brachiators The only true brachiators are the lesser apes (gibbons and siamangs). A gibbon can brachiate at speeds… … Wikipedia
brachiate — intransitive verb ( ated; ating) Date: 1928 to progress by swinging from hold to hold by the arms < a brachiating gibbon > • brachiation noun • brachiator noun … New Collegiate Dictionary
gibbon — noun Etymology: French Date: 1774 any of a genus (Hylobates of the family Hylobatidae) of agile brachiating tailless apes of southeastern Asia that are the smallest and most arboreal anthropoid apes … New Collegiate Dictionary
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