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arboreal

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ar·bo·re·al  (är-bôr-l, -br-)
adj.
1. Relating to or resembling a tree.
2. Living in trees; arboreous: arboreal apes.
[From Latin arboreus, from arbor, tree.]
ar·bore·al·ly adv.
arboreal [ɑːˈbɔːrɪəl]
adj
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Forestry) of, relating to, or resembling a tree
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) living in or among trees arboreal monkeys
arboreal  (är-bôr-l)
Relating to or living in trees.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.arborealarboreal - of or relating to or formed by trees; "an arborous roof"
arborary, arborical, arborous
2.arborealarboreal - inhabiting or frequenting trees; "arboreal apes"
arboreous, tree-living
nonarboreal - not inhabiting or frequenting trees
3.arborealarboreal - resembling a tree in form and branching structure; "arborescent coral found off the coast of Bermuda"; "dendriform sponges"
arborescent, arboresque, arboriform, dendriform, dendroid, dendroidal, tree-shaped, treelike, arboreous
branchy - having many branches; "a branchy tree trunk"
Translations
arboreal [ɑːˈbɔːrɪəl] ADJ → arbóreo
arboreal [ɑːrˈbɔːriəl] adj
[animal] → arboricole
(formal) (relating to trees) → arborescent(e)
arboreal
adj animal, bird → auf Bäumen lebend; habitat → auf Bäumen


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Thus, when you and I, asleep or dozing off to sleep, fall through space and awake to sickening consciousness just before we strike, we are merely remembering what happened to our arboreal ancestors, and which has been stamped by cerebral changes into the heredity of the race.
Before Adam by London, Jack View in context
The black apes were hairless and built thatched huts in their arboreal retreats; they kept domesticated dogs and ruminants, in which respect they were farther advanced than the human beings of Pellucidar; but they appeared to have only a meager language, and sported long, apelike tails.
Pellucidar by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
When the tribe saw that Kerchak's rage had ceased they came slowly down from their arboreal retreats and pursued again the various occupations which he had interrupted.
Tarzan of the Apes by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
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