Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Any animal, etc., which habitually climbs trees.

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Examples

  • I envisioned a non-Occam-like rabid tree-climber attached to my leg, a horrid trip to the ER for that series of rabies shots made directly into one's stomach, etc.

    Elizabeth Boleman-Herring: The Squirrel Amongst the Razors in Occam's Butter Churn Elizabeth Boleman-Herring 2012

  • I envisioned a non-Occam-like rabid tree-climber attached to my leg, a horrid trip to the ER for that series of rabies shots made directly into one's stomach, etc.

    Elizabeth Boleman-Herring: The Squirrel Amongst the Razors in Occam's Butter Churn Elizabeth Boleman-Herring 2012

  • I was definitely not a tree-climber – I was a pretty timid child.

    Which one/s were you? Age 2-10 Elizabeth McClung 2009

  • I was the tree-climber, the one who ran around with my younger brother and his friends when we were little, because they were doing the fun things.

    April 2006 2006

  • I was the tree-climber, the one who ran around with my younger brother and his friends when we were little, because they were doing the fun things.

    Not a girly girl 2006

  • In addition to getting a tree-climber in in the spring to trim some of the dead branches, I apparently should look into replacing the roof of the house in the next year as some of the wood is softish - nothing to worry about now, but plan ahead for replacing.

    not deathjazz per se badger 2006

  • There are also various species of the genus ‘Dendrophis’, as the ‘Bucephalus viridis’, or green tree-climber.

    Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa 2004

  • He waited till the man was just underneath the tree, then he hung from a bough, and caught the gourd while the man looked up wondering, for he was no tree-climber.

    The Brown Fairy Book 2003

  • Bonaparte caught his cue at once and ran to the foot of the tree barking viciously, daring the tree-climber to come down.

    The Bishop of Cottontown A Story of the Southern Cotton Mills John Trotwood Moore

  • Now, ever since I ran wild as a lad in Ireland I have been a bold and skilled tree-climber.

    The Lost World 1912

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