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Перевод: arboreal

[прилагательное]
древесный; относящийся к дереву; обитающий на деревьях; живущий на деревьях

Тезаурус:

1. The second pitch continues the theme initiated by the first: good rock, great protection and sustained interest, before popping out onto the grassy clifftop, where there is a fine selection of arboreal belays.
2. But orang-utans were never as terrestrial as chimpanzees, for the species lacks the knuckle-walking adaptations of the African apes and its limb proportions indicate a long arboreal history.
3. For instance, many of the small arboreal folivores (leaf eaters) are able to eat diets of eucalyptus that contain up to 30 per cent of phenolic compounds (enough to kill any domesticated herbivore) and the description of their nutritional physiology is quite fascinating.
4. MacKinnon's further suggestion that the social life of the orang-utan could resemble that of early arboreal ape ancestors and to antedate the more terrestrial adaptations of the chimpanzee and gorilla seem borne out by the most recent studies.
5. One popular nineteenth century patterning was "tree calf", a delicate arboreal effect being produced by the interaction of chemicals.
6. They became highly specialized arboreal forest-dwellers feeding on fruit, moving by brachiating from tree to tree, and living at high densities in food-rich forests where resources are generally constant and predictable.
7. Both the red colobus and the black and white colobus monkeys eat a mixture of leaves and fruit and have a fully arboreal life.
8. Such structures are indeed referred to in computer science jargon as trees, and the technical literature abounds with pleasing arboreal metaphors such as roots, branches and leaves.
9. Many species have taken to arboreal living as a protective device, and some, such as this sugar-glider (opposite), have become specialised jumpers that can leave most predators behind with ease.
10. Arboreal rodents, primates, and many other mammals take to the trees as an escape route and the majority of them rarely risk a descent to the ground unless it is vitally necessary.
11. The lower limb, said Lovejoy, had been totally reorganised for upright walking and there were no compensatory modifications in the upper limb to suggest the creature was still partly arboreal.
12. In addition, a decrease in size seems to have accompanied adaptation to an exclusively arboreal life.
13. This arboreal lizard is a formidable predator.