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Branch , branch
branch / branch/ • n. a part of a tree that grows out from the trunk or from a bough. ∎ a lateral extension or subdivision extending from the… brachial plexus , brachial plexus The nerve fibres that serve sensation and motor function in the shoulders, arms, and hands travel to and from the spinal cord in the… Clade , clade Term derived from the Greek klados, a ‘twig’ or ‘branch’. In cladistics, or phylogenetic systematics, it refers to a lineage branch that result… Telome Theory , telome theory The theory that the leaves (megaphylls) of ferns and seed plants evolved by the modification of terminal branches (telomes) of stems. I… brachiation , brachiation In some arboreal Primates, a form of locomotion in which an animal swings hand over hand from branch to branch. The only true brachiators… from side to side , side / sīd/ • n. 1. a position to the left or right of an object, place, or central point: a town on the other side of the river on either side of th…
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