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(biology) a branching or armlike part of an animal
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brachium
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. (biology) a branching or armlike part of an animal [also: brachia (pl)]
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Brachium can refer to: Arm Sigma Librae Brachium of inferior colliculus Brachium of superior colliculus Brachium of the male Lepidoptera genitalia Brachia conjunctiva (superior cerebellar peduncles)
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context anatomy English) The upper arm.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Brachium \Brach"i*um\, n.; pl. Bracchia . [L. brachium or bracchium, arm.] (Anat.) The upper arm; the segment of the fore limb between the shoulder and the elbow.
Usage examples of brachium.
Itaque admodum magnis diurnis nocturnisque itineribus confectis contra omnium opinionem ad Ligerem venit vadoque per equites invento pro rei necessitate opportuno, ut brachia modo atque humeri ad sustinenda arma liberi ab aqua esse possent, disposito equitatu qui vim fluminis refringeret, atque hostibus primo aspectu perturbatis, incolumem exercitum traduxit frumentumque in agris et pecoris copiam nactus repleto his rebus exercitu iter in Senones facere instituit.
Now Lisstik was sitting on his tail, leaving his upper two sets of brachia free to gesture and interweave as Kamarians loved to do.
The Chaldee word braic, a branch, is the Irish braic or raigh, an arm, the Welsh braic, the Latin brachium, and the English brace, something which supports like an arm.
The deltoideus, triceps brachia, latissimus dorsi and trapezius are like great marvelous wads of brown weathered stone.