Meaning of ARBOREAL
| Pronunciation: | | âr'bowreeul
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- [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"
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| | Synonyms: | | arborary, arboreous, arborescent, arboresque, arborical, arboriform, arborous, branchy, dendriform, dendroid, dendroidal, treelike, tree-living, tree-shaped |
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| | Definition: | | \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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| | Definition: | | living in trees. |
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| | Related Terms: | | 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 |
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