arboreal

arboreal
    adj 1: of or relating to or formed by trees; "an arborous roof"
           [syn: {arborical}, {arboreal}, {arborary}, {arborous}]
    2: inhabiting or frequenting trees; "arboreal apes" [syn:
       {arboreal}, {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: {arboreal}, {arboreous},
       {arborescent}, {arboresque}, {arboriform}, {dendriform},
       {dendroid}, {dendroidal}, {treelike}, {tree-shaped}]
    

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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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