arboreal
[ahr-bawr-ee-uh l, -bohr-]
adjective
of or relating to trees; treelike.
Also arboreous. living in or among trees.
Zoology. adapted for living and moving about in trees, as the limbs and skeleton of opossums, squirrels, monkeys, and apes.
Origin of arboreal
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An arboreal animal which makes itself at home in genealogical trees.
The Devil's DictionaryAmbrose Bierce
Heredity again, for the snake was the worst enemy of arboreal man.
Danger! and Other StoriesArthur Conan Doyle
As was stated above, all arboreal gregarious birds have this habit.
Birds of the Indian HillsDouglas Dewar
This arboreal device was not by any means a new one to the men of Massachusetts.
The Flags of the WorldF. Edward Hulme
To be arboreal, the animal must sleep in trees or on a perch, but the chimpanzee cannot do so.
Gorillas & ChimpanzeesR. L. Garner
arboreal
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arboreal
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