arboreal
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By what precise mechanisms they communicate, and whether their arboreal exchanges are interdependent or competitive, remains contested.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026
The bizarre single-tree fire has now become an almost weeklong firefight in Coos County, Ore., as the hot spot continues to burn approximately 280 feet up on the side of the arboreal giant.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2025
In closing speeches, prosecutors said the pair carried out the "arboreal equivalent of mindless thuggery", while the men's barristers reiterated their innocence.
From BBC ● May 7, 2025
As the researchers note, arboreal howlers are extremely slow-moving primates who are very careful about the way they exert their energy.
From Salon ● Jun. 6, 2024
Maybe it was a vestige of our arboreal past; we wanted to climb up and out of danger.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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