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What is the noun for brachiate?

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brachiation
  1. (zoology) Movement by swinging the arms from one hold to the next.
  2. Examples:
    1. “In primate species in which brachiation is fully developed, a primate can move through the trees faster than a human can walk on the ground.”
      “An ape is defined by the ability to move through the trees swinging arm over arm in a form of locomotion called brachiation.”
      “Like the gibbon, the siamang is diurnal and arboreal and moves by brachiation, progressing from one point to another by swinging from its arms.”
brachiator
  1. Any creature that moves by means of brachiation.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The black gibbon is a true brachiator which means it moves by suspensory behavior.”
      “There is a growing school of thought that the last common ancestor of humans and chimps was a brachiator and not a knuckle-walker.”
      “The limb proportions are those of a brachiator.”
brachium
  1. (anatomy) The upper arm.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “On the lateral aspect of the brachium we first removed fascia to expose the muscles.”
      “Ischemic stroke of the right brachium pontis, corresponding to the trigeminal root entry zone.”
      “The third and elongated joint of the brachium, answering to the Femur in the legs.”
brachiations
  1. plural of brachiation
brachiators
brachia
  1. plural of brachium
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The anterior piece of the Medipectus, which intervenes between the brachia and mid-legs.”
      “The most conspicuous and remarkable appendages of the manitrunk, are the brachia or arms.”
      “The brachia, or sides of the lyre, were frequently made of these horns, as appears from ancient gems.”
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