Arboreal
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ɑɹˈbɔɹi.əl/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Arboreal is an adjective meaning Of, relating to, or resembling a tree.
Meaning
Of, relating to, or resembling a tree.
More Meanings
- Living in or among trees.
- Covered or filled with trees.
- Any tree-dwelling creature.
Example Sentences
An arboreal animal which makes itself at home in genealogical trees.
The sleek Brazilian jaguar Does not in its arboreal gloom Distil so rank a feline smell As Grishkin in a drawing-room.
[…] faced with this emergency, Tessie took Chapter Eleven and me up to the attic. Maybe it was a vestige of our arboreal past; we wanted to climb up and out of danger.
If the harvest mouse had been more strictly arboreal, it would perhaps have had its tail rendered structurally prehensile, as is the case with some members of the same order.
Word Forms
- arboreals
Synonyms for arboreal
Depending on context, synonyms include arboreous, arborical, dendroid, dendriform, dendroidal, arborescent.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include arboreous, arborical, arboriform, treelike, arborary, arborescent.
Related Dictionary Tools
Sources & Attribution
FreeDictionaryAPI.com / Wiktionary · Original source · CC BY-SA 4.0
Dictionary data is provided by FreeDictionaryAPI.com and sourced from Wiktionary under its stated license.