Also spelled terrestial
adj
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Meanings
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adj
operating or living or growing on land
The study compared aquatic and terrestrial species.
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adj
of this earth
The study compared aquatic and terrestrial species.
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adj
concerned with the world or worldly matters
The study compared aquatic and terrestrial species.
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aeroterrestrialcircumterrestrialeuterrestrialextraterrestrialfluvioterrestrialhyperterrestrialintraterrestrialjuxtaterrestriallimnoterrestrialnonterrestrialpreterrestrialsemiterrestrial
Etymology
From Middle English terrestrialle, from terrestre or Latin terrestris, from terra (“land, earth, ground”), with the suffix -al.