BRACHIATOR Definition & Meaning

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brachiator

[ brey-kee-ey-ter, brak-ee- ]

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noun

an animal that can progress by means of brachiation, as a gibbon.

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of brachiator¹

brachiate + -or ²

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According to Anatomists John Napier and Peter Davis of the University of London, they clearly belonged to a brachiator, a creature that swung by its hands from bough to bough.

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