BRACHIA

BRACHIUM

brachium

(noun) (biology) a branching or armlike part of an animal

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

brachia

plural of brachium

Source: Wiktionary


Brach"i*a, n. pl.

Definition: See Brachium.

BRACHIUM

Brach"i*um, n.; pl. Bracchia (. Etym: [L. brachium or bracchium, arm.] (Anat.)

Definition: The upper arm; the segment of the fore limb between the shoulder and the elbow.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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SYCAMORE

(noun) Eurasian maple tree with pale grey bark that peels in flakes like that of a sycamore tree; leaves with five ovate lobes yellow in autumn


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