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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [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}]
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