brachiator
[brey-kee-ey-ter, brak-ee-]
/ ˈbreɪ kiˌeɪ tər, ˈbræk i- /
NOUN
primate
Synonyms
STRONG
WEAK
Example Sentences
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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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