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ar·bo·re·al    Audio Help   [ahr-bawr-ee-uhl, -bohr-] Pronunciation Key
–adjective
1.of or pertaining to trees; treelike.
2.Also, arboreous. living in or among trees.
3.Zoology. adapted for living and moving about in trees, as the limbs and skeleton of opossums, squirrels, monkeys, and apes.

[Origin: 1660–70; < L arbore(us) of trees (arbor tree + -eus -eous) + -al1]

ar·bo·re·al·ly, adverb
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ar·bo·re·al    Audio Help   (är-bôr'ē-əl, -bōr'-)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.  
  1. Relating to or resembling a tree.
  2. Living in trees; arboreous: arboreal apes.


[From Latin arboreus, from arbor, tree.]

ar·bo're·al·ly adv.
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arboreal 
c.1667, from L. arbor "tree," of unknown origin.

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arboreal

adjective
1. of or relating to or formed by trees; "an arborous roof" [syn: arborical
2. inhabiting or frequenting trees; "arboreal apes" [ant: nonarboreal
3. resembling a tree in form and branching structure; "arborescent coral found off the coast of Bermuda"; "dendriform sponges" 

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arboreal    Audio Help   (är-bôr'ē-əl)  Pronunciation Key 
Relating to or living in trees.

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Arboreal

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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