Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Telluric \Tel*lu"ric\, a. [L. tellus, -uris, the earth: cf. F.
   tellurique.]
   1. Of or pertaining to the earth; proceeding from the earth.

            Amid these hot, telluric flames.      --Carlyle.

   2. (Chem.) Of or pertaining to tellurium; derived from, or
      resembling, tellurium; specifically, designating those
      compounds in which the element has a higher valence as
      contrasted with {tellurous} compounds; as, telluric acid,
      which is analogous to sulphuric acid.

   {Telluric bismuth} (Min.), tetradymite.

   {Telluric silver} (Min.), hessite.