arboreal

American  

[ahr-bawr-ee-uhl, -bohr-] / ɑrˈbɔr i əl, -ˈboʊr- /

adjective

1. of or relating to trees; treelike.

2. Also 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.

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arboreal British  

/ ɑːˈbɔːrɪəl /

adjective

1. of, relating to, or resembling a tree

2. living in or among trees

   arboreal monkeys

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arboreal Scientific  

/ är-bôr′ē-əl /

1. Relating to or living in trees.

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Other Word Forms

• arboreally adverb
• subarboreal adjective

Etymology

Origin of arboreal

First recorded in 1660–70; from Latin arbore(us) “of trees,” equivalent to arbor “tree” + -eus- -eous + -al ¹

Example Sentences

Standing on a lot redolent of fresh-cut poplar and littered with arboreal debris — tree chunks as large as small cars that were once a 108-foot-tall living organism — Zumot said the choice was easy.

From Washington Post

“Ghost Forest” uses towering dead Atlantic white cedars to create a temporary copse of arboreal skeletons.

From Washington Post

Among the subjects are such arboreal details as “Birch Bark” and “Giant Sequoia Needles,” rendered at enlarged sizes, as well as tree stumps and downed trunks.

From Washington Post

The new species is an example of an arboreal pterosaur.

From Salon

They are seeking help from lawmakers with limited power and developers who often have little incentive to preserve an arboreal landscape threatened by advancing blacktop.

From Washington Post