Terrestrial
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adjective


(1)   Operating or living or growing on land
(2)   Of this earth
"Transcendental motives for sublunary actions"
"Fleeting sublunary pleasures"
"The nearest to an angelic being that treads this terrestrial ball"
(3)   Concerned with the world or worldly matters
"Mundane affairs"
"He developed an immense terrestrial practicality"
(4)   Of or relating to or characteristic of the planet Earth or its inhabitants
"Planetary rumblings and eructations"- L.C.Eiseley
"The planetary tilt"
"This terrestrial ball"
(5)   Of or relating to or inhabiting the land as opposed to the sea or air
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Adjective



  1. Of, relating to, or inhabiting the land of the Earth or its inhabitants.
  2. Of, relating to, or composed of land.
  3. Living or growing on land; not aquatic.
    a terrestrial plant
  4. Concerned with the world or worldly matters.
  5. Of or pertaining to the second highest degree of glory.
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