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adj
Having decussate branches.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: cross-armed
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To move like a brachiator; to swing from branch to branch, advance by brachiation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
having arms or armlike appendages
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
having widely spreading paired branches
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
swing from one hold to the next
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: swing, sway
History
Borrowed from Latin brachiātus, from brachium (“arm, branch”) + -ātus, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix).
Back-formation from brachiator, see -ate (verb-forming suffix).
