arborealityn.
/ɑːbɔːrɪˈalɪti/ Zoology.
In primates, the state or condition of living primarily in trees. Cf. terrestriality n.
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arboreality1971
1971 Amer. Jrnl. Physical Anthropol. 35 284/2 (heading) An analysis of arboreality in two groups of free-ranging Rhesus monkeys.
1978 Nature 26 Oct. 744/2 They therefore encompass the spectrum of locomotor behaviour of living African hominoids: arboreality, terrestriality and bipedality.
1984 R. Lewin Human Evol. iv. 11 It is not surprising..that adaptations to arboreality form the essence of what it is to be a primate.
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