Sentence examples for arboreal from inspiring English sources
"arboreal" is a correct and usable word in written English
You can use it to refer to something that is related to, or characteristic of, trees or forests, such as the habits or lifestyle of certain animals. For example, you could say, "Bears are typically considered to be arboreal creatures, as they often spend much of their time in the trees of their forest habitats."
adjective
Of, relating to, or resembling a tree; treely.
Some 100m hectares of America's forests went in the 19th century, in an arboreal slaughter similarly reinforced by a belief in the godliness of thus "improving" the land.
Indeed, the trait is so useful for arboreal life that it is used by many avian palaeontologists to decide whether newly excavated species of fossil birds lived in trees or on the ground.
Selection on an arboreal ape population will be impotent if variations which improve their terrestrial prospects are sparse.
Some, for instance, ran under the banner of the Olive Tree coalition; others stood for the Tree's various separate branches; others ran as individuals but with arboreal backing.
Giant arboreal slums of boomers now sit at the top of every establishment tree, not least the media.
Given that humanity's arboreal simian ancestors would presumably have had little need to run, it is probably the latter.
Intricate pulley-systems and rope-bridges connect the trees into an arboreal village.
Whether the first birds evolved from arboreal or terrestrial ancestors is a matter of lively debate among palaeontologists.
And the last meal of this particular specimen of Microraptor did, indeed, have a long third toe.That elongated toe suggests to Dr O'Connor that Microraptor, too, was arboreal, and hints that its feathers may have helped it to move through an environment where hops, jumps and flaps between branches were a regular part of its daily activity.
It is also consistent with a gripping history of arboreal blights.The spread of such pests and pathogens is no more natural than a Sitka spruce thicket.
On March 12th Mr Cameron author of his party's arboreal new logo made his own assault on the moral high ground.
