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brachiations

brachiations is the plural of brachiation.

Meaning of brachiation

Noun

brachiation (countable and uncountable, plural brachiations)

  1. Movement by swinging the arms from one hold to the next.
    • Species that normally move by brachiation (swinging from hand to hand while hanging from supports) or vertical leaping and clinging require substantially different cage designs from conventional quadrapedal striders even if all are of similar body weight.1998, National Research Council (U. S.), Psychological Well-Being of Nonhuman Primates, page 23

Questions about brachiations

What is brachiations the plural of?
Brachiations is the plural of brachiation.

Words near brachiations in the dictionary

  1. brachiate
  2. brachiated
  3. brachiates
  4. brachiating
  5. brachiation
  6. brachiations
  7. brachiator
  8. brachiators
  9. brachidium
  10. brachinine
  11. brachinines

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