Defn: Pertaining or belonging to the arm; as, the brachial artery; the brachial nerve.
2. Of the nature of an arm; resembling an arm.
BRACHIATA
Brach`i*a"ta, n. pl. Etym: [See Brachiate.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A division of the Crinoidea, including those furnished with long jointed arms. See Crinoidea.
BRACHIATE Brach"i*ate, a. Etym: [L. brachiatus (bracch-) with boughs or branches like arms, from brackium (bracch-) arm.] (Bot.)
Defn: Having branches in pairs, decussated, all nearly horizontal, and each pair at right angles with the next, as in the maple and lilac.
BRACHIOGANOID
Brach`i*og"a*noid, n.
Defn: One of the Brachioganoidei.
BRACHIOGANOIDEI Brach`i*o*ga*noid"e*i, n. pl.Etym: [NL., from L. brachium (bracch-) arm + NL. ganoidei.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: An order of ganoid fishes of which the bichir of Africa is a living example. See Crossopterygii.