brachiate

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin brachiatus, from brachium (“arm, branch”).

adj

  1. Having decussate branches.

Etymology 2

Back-formation from brachiator.

verb

  1. (intransitive) To move like a brachiator; to swing from branch to branch, advance by brachiation.
    […] brachiating from handhold to handhold like chimpanzees in a jungle.

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