Arboreal Definition

är-bôrē-əl
adjective
Relating to or resembling a tree.
American Heritage
Of or like a tree.
Webster's New World
Living in trees; arboreous.
Arboreal apes.
American Heritage
Living in trees or adapted for living in trees.
Webster's New World
Arboreal is defined as something having the evolutionary characteristics of animals which allow them to live or maneuver through trees.
An example of an arboreal part of the chimpanzee's anatomy is its long arms.
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noun
Any tree-dwelling creature.
Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Arboreal

Noun

Singular:
arboreal
Plural:
arboreals

Origin of Arboreal

  • From Latin arboreus from arbor tree

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin arbor (“tree”).

    From Wiktionary

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