Arboreal

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Arboreal \Ar*bo"re*al\, a.
     1. Of or pertaining to a tree, or to trees; of nature of
        trees. --Cowley.
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     2. Attached to, found in or upon, or frequenting, woods or


        trees; as, arboreal animals.
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              Woodpeckers are eminently arboreal.   --Darwin.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  arboreal
       adj 1: of or relating to or formed by trees; "an arborous roof"
              [syn: {arborical}, {arborary}, {arborous}]
       2: inhabiting or frequenting trees; "arboreal apes" [syn: {arboreous},
           {tree-living}] [ant: {nonarboreal}]
       3: resembling a tree in form and branching structure;
          "arborescent coral found off the coast of Bermuda";
          "dendriform sponges" [syn: {arboreous}, {arborescent}, {arboresque},
           {arboriform}, {dendriform}, {dendroid}, {dendroidal}, {treelike},
           {tree-shaped}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  44 Moby Thesaurus words for "arboreal":
     V-shaped, Y-shaped, 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, tree-shaped, treelike, tridentlike, trifurcate,
     trifurcated