Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In zoology, living in trees; of arboreal habits.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective (Zoöl.) Tree-inhabiting; -- said of certain birds.

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  • adjective zoology tree-dwelling

Etymologies

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Latin arbor + colere to inhabit.

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