arboreal
arboreal
Definition
ar·bo·real (är bôr′ē əl)
adjective
- of or like a tree
- living in trees or adapted for living in trees
Etymology: L arboreus, of a tree < arbor, tree + -al
arboreal
Usage Examples
Modifies a noun
- species: Being an arboreal species, the butterfly is very rarely seen, preferring to spend much of its adult life in the tree canopy.
- specie: Many arboreal species often lay their eggs on leaves above water, out of the way of aquatic predators.
- mammal: For these reasons, it is presumed early species of bat were nocturnal, evolving from small, arboreal mammals 16.
- ecosystem: This is a fundamental part of our involvement in the sustainability of arboreal ecosystems and the maintenance of biodiversity.
- lily: The huge wall tender whenever the chief scientific adviser an arboreal lily.
- ape: The main problem was that they were quite barren and gave the arboreal apes very few opportunities to climb or swing.
Modifying Another Word
- strictly: The orangutan is the only strictly arboreal ape and is actually the largest tree living mammal in the world.
- mainly: They are mainly arboreal ( tree dwelling ), living in groups of around five individuals.
- generally: These animals are generally arboreal in habit, hunting in the trees and forest canopy.
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