terrestrial


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
terrestrial /təˈrɛstrɪəl/
adjective
  • 1 on or relating to the earth or dry land.

    ■ (of an animal or plant) living on or in the ground.

  • 2 denoting television broadcast other than by satellite.
  • 3 Astronomy (of a planet) resembling the earth.
noun an inhabitant of the earth.
– derivatives
terrestrially adverb.
– origin ME: from L. terrestris (from terra ‘earth’) + -al.
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