Batrachiate

/bəˈtræki.eɪt/ verb

To move by swinging from one handhold to another, similar to how primates swing through branches.

From Greek 'batrachos' (frog) + Latin '-ate' (verb suffix). The term originally referred to frog-like movement but evolved to describe brachiating locomotion in primates.

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