What is another word for arboreal?

Pronunciation: [ˈɑːbɔːɹˌi͡əl] (IPA)

Arboreal refers to anything that is related to trees. When it comes to synonyms, one can use the word "sylvan" which means associated with the woods or forests. The word "canopy" can also be used as a synonym for arboreal. It refers to the top layer of trees in a forest. Another synonym for arboreal is "foliated," which means having or covered in leaves. One can also use the word "wooded," which means an area covered with trees or woodland. The word "treed" is also used to describe something that is arboreal. It is an adjective that means to be covered or surrounded by trees.

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What are the hypernyms for Arboreal?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

What are the opposite words for arboreal?

Arboreal is an adjective that means relating to trees or living in trees. The opposite of arboreal is terrestrial, which means relating to the land or living on the ground. Other antonyms for arboreal are nonarboreal, which refers to things that are not related to trees, and subterranean, describing things that are underground or beneath the surface. An arboreal creature may be described as aerial, which refers to things occurring in the air, while a terrestrial creature may be aquatic, meaning that it lives in water. Other possible antonyms for arboreal include flat, as opposed to tree-lined terrain, and urban, meaning occurring in a city instead of a natural environment.

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Usage examples for Arboreal

Thus she covers up the wrinkles of age with blooming vegetation, screening the mouldering architecture of a forgotten race beneath fresh arboreal and floral beauties.
"The Pearl of India"
Maturin M. Ballou
Of all vegetable nature, so abundant, prolific, and beautiful in this equatorial region, one most delights in the characteristic and ever-present palm,-arboreal king of the forest.
"The Pearl of India"
Maturin M. Ballou
At a point on the coast about half-way between Colombo and Galle, there is a grand specimen of this self-producing arboreal giant.
"The Pearl of India"
Maturin M. Ballou

Famous quotes with Arboreal

  • Man is descended from a hairy, tailed quadruped, probably arboreal in its habits.
    Charles Darwin
  • Man is descended from a hairy, tailed quadruped, probably arboreal in its habits.
    Charles Robert Darwin
  • Dogs and cats came from a common ancestor, can you explain that?... Can you explain it now, what animal you're talking about that dogs and cats came from... It was arboreal?... What do you mean by 'arboreal'?
    Ray Comfort
  • Sometimes captured from the great arboreal freedom of their jungle homes, monkeys are closely confined in cages only three or four feet square. … They can never sit or lie down on a flat, soft or yielding surface. Little wonder that by the time they are needed for the knife or the needle they are so crazed or inert that they are no longer representative examples of animal life. Psychologists who study the behaviour of thousands of such creatures annually, rarely make allowances for the fact that their pathetic subjects have been so deprived that they have become more like monsters than animals. Many people who have experienced close affectionate relationships with individuals of other species testify to the considerable potential for emotional and intellectual development that animals have. When properly cared for a pet dog or cat can develop great subtleties of behaviour that the laboratory animal never shows. Those who have been fortunate enough to closely observe unfrightened animals living in the wild are often struck by the complexity and richness of the life they lead. These positive pleasures the laboratory animal never knows; for him the same four white walls and the smell of disinfectant.
    Richard D. Ryder
  • One by one the tribe swung down from their arboreal retreats and formed a circle about Tarzan and his vanquished foe. When they had all come Tarzan turned toward them. "I am Tarzan," he cried. "I am a great killer. Let all respect Tarzan of the Apes and Kala, his mother. There be none among you as mighty as Tarzan. Let his enemies beware."
    Edgar Rice Burroughs

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