About The Word Arboreal
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Arboreal
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What's The Definition Of Arboreal?
[adj] inhabiting or frequenting trees; "arboreal apes"
[adj] resembling a tree in form and branching structure; "arborescent coral found off the coast of Bermuda"; "dendriform sponges" [adj] of or relating to or formed by trees; "an arborous roof" Synonyms | Synonyms for Arboreal: arborary | arboreous | arborescent | arboresque | arborical | arboriform | arborous | branchy | dendriform | dendroid | dendroidal | treelike | tree-living | tree-shaped Related Terms | Find terms related to Arboreal: arborary | arboreous | arborescent | arboresque | arborical | arboriform | biforked | bifurcate | bifurcated | branched | branching | branchlike | bushlike | bushy | citrous | coniferous | crotched | deciduous | dendriform | dendritic | dendroid | evergreen | forked | forking | forklike | furcate | hardwood | nondeciduous | piny | pronged | ramous | scrubbly | scrubby | scrublike | shrubby | shrublike | softwood | treelike | tree-shaped | tridentlike | trifurcate | trifurcated | V-shaped | Y-shaped See Also | Arboreal In Webster's Dictionary \Ar*bo"re*al\, a.
1. Of or pertaining to a tree, or to trees; of nature of
trees. --Cowley.
2. Attached to, found in or upon, or frequenting, woods or
trees; as, arboreal animals.
Woodpeckers are eminently arboreal. --Darwin.
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