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adjective

Arboreal adj.

Of or pertaining to a tree, or to trees; of nature of trees.

Attached to, found in or upon, or frequenting, woods or trees; as, arboreal animals. "Woodpeckers are eminently arboreal."

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Etymology of 'Arboreal'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... assimilate with the vertical stems of the bamboo, as to assist greatly in concealing him from his approaching prey. How remarkable it is that besides the lion and tiger, almost all the other large cats are arboreal in their habits, and almost all have ocellated or spotted skins, which must certainly tend to blend them with the background of foliage; while the one exception, the puma, has an ashy brown uniform fur, and has the habit of clinging so closely to a limb of a tree while ...

— Contributions to the Theory of Natural Selection - A Series of Essays • Alfred Russel Wallace