Terrestrial

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Of or relating to the earth or its inhabitants.
  • adj. Having a worldly, mundane character or quality.
  • adj. Of, relating to, or composed of land.
  • adj. Biology Living or growing on land; not aquatic: a terrestrial plant or animal.
  • n. An inhabitant of the earth.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. An inhabitant of the planet Earth.
  • n. A ground-dwelling plant.
  • adj. Of, relating to, or inhabiting the land of the Earth or its inhabitants.
  • adj. Of, relating to, or composed of land.
  • adj. Living or growing in or on land (as opposed to other habitat); not aquatic, etc.
  • adj. Of a planet, being composed primarily of silicate rocks or metals; see also terrestrial planet.
  • adj. Concerned with the world or worldly matters.
  • adj. Of or pertaining to the second highest degree of glory.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. an eyepiece used in telescopes for viewing terrestrial objects, consisting of three, or usually four, lenses, so arranged as to present the image of the object viewed in an erect position.
  • adj. Of or pertaining to the earth; existing on the earth; earthly.
  • adj. Representing, or consisting of, the earth.
  • adj. Of or pertaining to the world, or to the present state; sublunary; mundane.
  • adj. Consisting of land, in distinction from water; belonging to, or inhabiting, the land or ground, in distinction from trees, water, or the like.
  • adj. Adapted for the observation of objects on land and on the earth.
  • n. An inhabitant of the earth.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Of or pertaining to the earth; existing on the earth; earthly: opposed to celestial: as, terrestrial bodies; terrestrial magnetism.
  • Representing or consisting of the earth: as, a or the terrestrial globe. See globe, 4.
  • Pertaining to the world or to the present state; sublunary; worldly; mundane.
  • Pertaining to or consisting of land, as opposed to water, or of earth.
  • In zoology, living on the ground; confined to the ground; not aquatic, arboreal, or aërial; terricolous.
  • In botany, growing on land, not aquatic; growing in the ground, not on trees.
  • n. An inhabitant of the earth.
  • n. plural In zoology: A section of the class Aves, the Terrestres.
  • n. The pulmonate gastropods.
  • n. A division of isopods.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. operating or living or growing on land
  • adj. of this earth
  • adj. concerned with the world or worldly matters
  • adj. of or relating to or characteristic of the planet Earth or its inhabitants
  • adj. of or relating to or inhabiting the land as opposed to the sea or air
  • Equivalent
    overland    onshore    earthly    temporal    secular    worldly   
    Antonym
    aquatic    aerial    arboreal    epiphytic   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    earthly    sublunary    mundane    Terran    Earthwoman    earthling    Earthman    tellurian    terrene    planetary   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    lunar    earthly    aquatic    tropical    polar    atmospheric    organic    imaginary    physical    nocturnal