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terrestrial definition
ter·res·trial (tə res′trē əl)
adjective
- of this world; worldly; earthly; mundane
- of, constituting, or representing the earth a terrestrial globe
- consisting of land as distinguished from water
- living on land rather than in water, in the air, in trees, etc.
- growing on land or in the soil
- of the four small, rocky inner planets of the solar system, specif. Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars
Etymology: ME terrestrialle < L terrestris < terra, terra
noun
an inhabitant of the earth
Related Forms:
- terrestrially ter·res′·tri·ally adverb
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