brachiation

noun (brachiation, uncountable); verb brachiate (brachiate, brachiates, brachiated, brachiating)

«brachiation» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

Everyday

A way of moving through trees by swinging from branch to branch using the arms, as gibbons and some monkeys do. tree →

In the lessons

In science lessons about animals and movement it describes how gibbons, orangutans and spider monkeys travel. Children on monkey bars are doing a kind of brachiation. Phrases: "move by brachiation".

Examples

Gibbons move through the forest by brachiation. tree →
Brachiation lets apes swing fast from tree to tree. tree →
On the monkey bars we copied brachiation. tree →
A gibbon's long arms are perfect for brachiation. tree →
Spider monkeys also use their tails during brachiation. tree →

Note

Uncountable science word. Pronounced "bray-kee-AY-shun". It comes from a Latin word for "arm", like "brachial".

On Mova

Trees and pragmatics of «brachiation» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
«brachiation» in the school dictionary on Mova free.

This page in Markdown → https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/brachiation/