单词 | semibrachiator |
释义 | > as lemmassemiˈbrachiator semiˈbrachiator n. an animal that exhibits semibrachiation. ΚΠ 1963 J. R. Napier in Symp. Zool. Soc. X. 186 The mode of locomotion of semibrachiators is basically that of an arboreal quadruped but, in addition, a variable amount of time is spent in swinging by the arms and leaping with the forelimbs outstretched to grasp a hand~hold. 1973 Nature 10 Aug. 373/2 With respect to locomotion, the first component separates quadrupedal cercopithecoids from both knuckle-walkers..and the quadrupedal arm-swinger (so-called ‘semi-brachiator’) Ateles. < as lemmas |
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