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brachiator

n. Any creature that moves by means of brachiation.

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Brachiator

Brachiators are a type of primate mostly from the family Hylobatidae, which includes gibbons. Brachiators use their arms to move from tree branch to tree branch, through a process called brachiation. Their arms are longer than their legs, and are much more powerful.

Usage examples of "brachiator".

Upon the platformlike shoulders of a large monoceroid quadruped rested a feathered flyer and a furry brachiator with well-developed hands.

The brachiator spoke a musical phrase, then translated into Interworld.

While the remaining Minids hooted at these inept brachiators, I went to Helen, lifted her to her feet, and led her back down the hillside to our tent.

But the Drall had evolved from exclusively ground-dwelling animals, not brachiators like the humans and the Wookiee.

They had set out on a field trip to a trade center bordering the jungle lands of the Hanging People -- brachiators, Louis gathered, who traded in nuts and dried fruit -- and the Herders, carnivores who dealt in leather goods and handicrafts.