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terrestrial

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terrestrial in WordNet English dictionary

adjective
  1. concerned with the world or worldly matters
    "mundane affairs"; "he developed an immense terrestrial practicality"
    mundane  terrestrial 
  2. 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"
    planetary  terrestrial 
  3. of this earth
    "transcendental motives for sublunary actions"; "fleeting sublunary pleasures"; "the nearest to an angelic being that treads this terrestrial ball"
    sublunar  sublunary  terrestrial 
  4. of or relating to or inhabiting the land as opposed to the sea or air
    tellurian  telluric  terrestrial  terrene 
  5. operating or living or growing on land
    terrestrial 
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