long arm; monkey arm
Formal or literary term for an unusually long arm, often likened to a monkey's arm. Rare in everyday speech.
He used his long arms to grab something far away.
Standard kanji spelling; a formal or literary term.
Compound of 猿 (monkey) and 臂 (arm). The exact historical derivation is uncertain; the spelling is conventionally associated with the meaning of a long, monkey-like arm.