Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Terrestrial \Ter*res"tri*al\, n.
An inhabitant of the earth.
Terrestrial \Ter*res"tri*al\, a. [L. terrestris, from terra the
earth. See {Terrace}.]
1. Of or pertaining to the earth; existing on the earth;
earthly; as, terrestrial animals. ``Bodies terrestrial.''
--1 Cor. xv. 40.
2. Representing, or consisting of, the earth; as, a
terrestrial globe. ``The dark terrestrial ball.''
--Addison.
3. Of or pertaining to the world, or to the present state;
sublunary; mundane.
Vain labors of terrestrial wit. --Spenser.
A genius bright and base, Of towering talents, and
terrestrial aims. --Young.
4. Consisting of land, in distinction from water; belonging
to, or inhabiting, the land or ground, in distinction from
trees, water, or the like; as, terrestrial serpents.
The terrestrial parts of the globe. --Woodward.
5. Adapted for the observation of objects on land and on the
earth; as, a terrestrial telescope, in distinction from an
astronomical telescope. -- {Ter*res"tri*al*ly}, adv. --
{Ter*res"tri*al*ness}, n.
Source : WordNet®
terrestrial
adj 1: of or relating to or inhabiting the land as opposed to the
sea or air [syn: {tellurian}, {telluric}, {terrene}]
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" [syn: {planetary}]
3: operating or living or growing on land [syn: {land(a)}]
[ant: {amphibious}, {aquatic}]
4: concerned with the world or worldly matters; "mundane
affairs"; "he developed an immense terrestrial
practicality" [syn: {mundane}]
5: of this earth; "transcendental motives for sublunary
actions"; "fleeting sublunary pleasures"; "the nearest to
an angelic being that treads this terrestrial ball" [syn:
{sublunar}, {sublunary}]