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Definition of Brachiation
1. Noun. Swinging by the arms from branch to branch.
Definition of Brachiation
1. Noun. (zoology) Movement by swinging the arms from one hold to the next. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Brachiation
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Brachiation
Literary usage of Brachiation
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Organic Evolution by Richard Swann Lull (1917)
""This acrobatic mode of locomotion, which has been appropriately called '
brachiation' (Lat. brachium, arm) by Professor Keith, very probably took rise in ..."
2. The Evolution of the Earth and Its Inhabitants: A Series Delivered Before by Joseph Barrell, Charles Schuchert, Lorande Loss Woodruff, Richard Swann Lull, Ellsworth Huntington (1918)
"This method of locomotion has been called brachiation (Lat. brachium, arm) and
in all probability took its rise with the earliest anthropoids, ..."
3. On the Anatomy of Vertebrates by Richard Owen (1868)
"This is well exemplified in the long-armed Gibbons, which enjoy the peculiar mode
of locomotion called ' brachiation.' The body is set into pendulous ..."
4. Indian Tribes of Eastern Peru by William Curtis Farabee (1922)
"... but for a short distance, nevertheless, they are able to keep their balance
when compelled to do so, without any actual brachiation. ..."
5. The Journal of Anatomy and Physiology by Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland (1896)
"That muscle plays an important part in their peculiar method of progression by
brachiation. The greatly enlarged pre-sternum offers a wider surface for the ..."
6. The Origin and Evolution of the Human Dentition by William King Gregory (1922)
"... probably arising after the assumption of upright-sitting, of brachiation, and
of more or less erect progression on the ground. ..."
7. Every-day Pronunciation by Robert Palfrey Utter (1918)
"... brachiation, brachium. The prefix brachio (brachio-cephalic, brachiopod, and
others) is pronounced brak'ld. brae (Scot.), bra. ..."
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