brachiate

• Adjetivo obsoleto que significa 'que tem braços ou ramos'; em biologia, descreve organismos que se locomovem balançando-se de galho em galho (braquiação).

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.

   De ramos largamente esparramados

   • 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.

   Que possui braços ou apêndices semelhantes a braços

   • 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.

   Sinônimosarmed

• Verbo usado para descrever o ato de se locomover pendurado pelos braços, alternando o agarre de uma apoio para outro, como fazem alguns primatas.

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.

   Mover-se por braquiação

   • 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.