Etymology

acrodendrophily

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Today it means: The tendency of an animal to inhabit or frequent treetops. Full definition →

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The story

From acro- (“tip”) + dendro- (“tree”) + -phily (“liking, tendency”). Coined by Garnham et al. in 1946.

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