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dendrophilous

American

[den-drof-uh-luhs] / dɛnˈdrɒf ə ləs /

adjective

Zoology.

living in or on trees; arboreal.

Etymology

Origin of dendrophilous

First recorded in 1885–90; dendro- + -philous

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