brachiate

• Adjectif désuet signifiant qui a des bras ou des branches ; utilisé en biologie pour qualifier des organismes qui se déplacent en se balançant de branche en branche (brachiation).

An obsolete adjective meaning having arms or branches; also used in biology to describe organisms that move by swinging from branch to branch (brachiation).

1. Having widely spreading paired branchesC2formal

   Describes a plant or tree that has branches arranged in pairs that spread out widely.

   Brachiaté

   • The brachiate oak dominated the forest clearing.
   • Botanists studied the brachiate structure of the ancient tree.
   • The garden featured a brachiate shrub with symmetrical limbs.

2. Having arms or armlike appendagesC2formal

   Describes an organism that possesses arms or structures resembling arms.

   Pourvu de bras ou d'appendices en forme de bras

   • The brachiate starfish extended its limbs across the rock.
   • Certain brachiate fossils show evidence of long, armlike extensions.
   • The creature was described as brachiate due to its multiple grasping appendages.

   Synonymesarmed

• Verbe utilisé pour décrire le déplacement par suspension et balancement en se saisissant des branches alternativement avec les bras, comme le font certains primates.

A verb used to describe the act of moving by swinging from one handhold to another, as certain primates do.

1. Swing from one hold to the nextC2formal

   To move by swinging from one armhold to another, as certain primates do.

   Se balancer de prise en prise (brachiation)

   • Gibbons brachiate through the forest canopy with remarkable speed.
   • The monkey brachiated from branch to branch effortlessly.
   • Some primates are specially adapted to brachiate for long distances.