adj. Zoology Having arms or armlike appendages. intr.v. (-āt′) bra·chi·at·ed, bra·chi·at·ing, bra·chi·ates To move by swinging with the arms from one hold to another, as certain apes do. [Latin brācchiātus, from brācchium, arm. V., from New Latin brāchiāre, brāchiāt-, from brācchium; see BRACHIUM.] bra′chi·ation n. |
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