Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun One who lives in a hut placed in the branches of a tree. Such huts are used by some of the Malay tribes.

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Examples

  • But no foot bones were found with her skeleton, so researchers have puzzled over whether she walked like modern people or was a blend of ground- and tree-dweller.

    Kin of famous Lucy had feet like modern people 2011

  • The first is Yves Coppens, who, with his staff, reached the conclusion that “Lucy was a typical tree-dweller and did not walk erect at all.”

    Modern Science in the Bible Ben Hobrink 2011

  • The first is Yves Coppens, who, with his staff, reached the conclusion that “Lucy was a typical tree-dweller and did not walk erect at all.”

    Modern Science in the Bible Ben Hobrink 2011

  • The first is Yves Coppens, who, with his staff, reached the conclusion that “Lucy was a typical tree-dweller and did not walk erect at all.”

    Modern Science in the Bible Ben Hobrink 2011

  • The first is Yves Coppens, who, with his staff, reached the conclusion that “Lucy was a typical tree-dweller and did not walk erect at all.”

    Modern Science in the Bible Ben Hobrink 2011

  • You look to be of some importance, despite the fact that you ride with only a dam with hair nigh as red as fire and a worthless tree-dweller.

    LEGENDS OF THE DRAGONREALM Richard A. Knaak 2009

  • You look to be of some importance, despite the fact that you ride with only a dam with hair nigh as red as fire and a worthless tree-dweller.

    LEGENDS OF THE DRAGONREALM Richard A. Knaak 2009

  • You look to be of some importance, despite the fact that you ride with only a dam with hair nigh as red as fire and a worthless tree-dweller.

    LEGENDS OF THE DRAGONREALM Richard A. Knaak 2009

  • And as she saw, she was lifted further into a strange appreciation and shyness of the female body, that banshee with its throat sounds and wet center and locked jaw and tree-dweller toes.

    The Position Meg Wolitzer 2005

  • This tree-dweller, Kaz knew, had seen more years pass than several generations of minotaurs.

    Kaz the Minotaur Knaak, Richard A. 2004

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