adverb
- in a manner relating to or living in trees; in the way that tree-dwelling organisms move or exist
Usage: chiefly used in biology and zoology contexts
Examples
- Squirrels move arboreally through the forest canopy with remarkable agility.
- Many primates live arboreally, spending most of their lives in the treetops.
- The gecko's feet are specially adapted to function arboreally on vertical surfaces.
- Certain snakes hunt arboreally, coiling around branches to ambush prey.
- The koala is almost exclusively arboreally adapted, rarely descending to the ground.