[adj. brey-kee-it, -eyt, brak-ee-; v. brey-kee-eyt, brak-ee-] 
adjective, verb, -at⋅ed, -at⋅ing.| 1. | Botany. having widely spreading branches in alternate pairs. |
| 2. | Zoology. having arms. |
| 3. | to progress by means of brachiation. |
| bra·chi·ate (brā'kē-ĭt, -āt', brāk'ē-) adj. Zoology Having arms or armlike appendages. intr.v. (-āt') bra·chi·at·ed, bra·chi·at·ing, bra·chi·ates To move by swinging with the arms from one hold to another, as certain apes do. [Latin brācchiātus, from brācchium, arm. V., from New Latin brāchiāre, brāchiāt-, from brācchium; see brachium.] bra'chi·a'tion n. |
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