arboreal

Word family adjectivearboraceousarborealarboreousarborescentarboriculturalarborousnounarborescencearboretarboretumarboriculturearboriculturistarboristarborizationarbor

Related topics: Plants

ar·bo·re·al /ɑːˈbɔːriəl $ ɑːr-/ adjectiveadj technical or literary

HBPrelating to trees, or living in trees 树木的；栖于树木的

Examples from the Corpus

arboreal• The majority were arboreal frugivores occupying much the same niche as equivalent-sized monkeys today.• In addition, a decrease in size seems to have accompanied adaptation to an exclusively arboreal life.• This arboreal lizard is a formidable predator.• Orangs are the most arboreal of the apes.• The orang is by far the most arboreal of the great apes.• It was gone from view within seconds, swallowed up by the stark arboreal sanctuary.

Origin arboreal

(1600-1700) Latin arboreus “of a tree”, from arbor “tree”

单词	arboreal
释义	arboreal Word family adjectivearboraceousarborealarboreousarborescentarboriculturalarborousnounarborescencearboretarboretumarboriculturearboriculturistarboristarborizationarbor Related topics: Plants ar·bo·re·al /ɑːˈbɔːriəl $ ɑːr-/ adjectiveadj technical or literary HBPrelating to trees, or living in trees 树木的；栖于树木的 Examples from the Corpus arboreal• The majority were arboreal frugivores occupying much the same niche as equivalent-sized monkeys today.• In addition, a decrease in size seems to have accompanied adaptation to an exclusively arboreal life.• This arboreal lizard is a formidable predator.• Orangs are the most arboreal of the apes.• The orang is by far the most arboreal of the great apes.• It was gone from view within seconds, swallowed up by the stark arboreal sanctuary. Origin arboreal (1600-1700) Latin arboreus “of a tree”, from arbor “tree”
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