terrestrial
Of or relating to the Earth or its inhabitantsOf or relating to the Earth or its (native) inhabitants.
» Elephants are the largest living terrestrial animals.
Elefanten sind die größten lebenden Landtiere.
Слоны являются крупнейшими ныне живущими наземными животными.
Meaning
7 senses(not comparable)Of or relating to the Earth or its (native) inhabitants.
irdisch, terrestrisch, Erd-
земно́йzemnój
земни́йzemnýj
of or relating to or characteristic of the planet Earth or its inhabitants
(not comparable)Of, relating to, or composed of land or earth, as contrasted with bodies of water, with wetlands viewed as semiaquatic environs, or with aerial or space environs.
Near-synonyms: land (attributive), landbased, landly
quoted in 2022, C. F. G. Clark, The Curiosities of Dudley and the Black Country […] yet this stone [Cannock] is so Sulphurious and Terrestrial, not fit to make Iron; […]
земно́йzemnój
(not comparable)Living or growing in or on land (as opposed to other habitats or substrates).
a terrestrial plant
Land-
назе́мныйnazémnyj, сухопу́тныйsuxopútnyj
назе́мнийnazémnyj, сухопу́тнийsuxopútnyj
operating or living or growing on land
(not comparable)Being composed primarily of silicate rocks or metals, as contrasted with gases, liquified gases, and dust.
Near-synonyms: tellurian, telluric, terrene, Terran, rocky, metallic
a terrestrial planet
terrestrisch, erdähnlich
(not comparable)Concerned with the world or worldly matters.
Near-synonyms: worldly, sublunary
све́тскийsvétskij
concerned with the world or worldly matters
(Mormonism, not comparable)Of or pertaining to the second highest degree of glory.
(not comparable)Broadcast using radio waves as opposed to satellite or cable.
Examples
16 sentencesElephants are the largest living terrestrial animals.
ruСлоны являются крупнейшими ныне живущими наземными животными. — carlosalberto
deElefanten sind die größten lebenden Landtiere. — carlosalberto
Giraffes are the tallest terrestrial animals on earth.
The earth, because of its shape, is called the terrestrial globe.
deDie Erde wird aufgrund ihrer Gestalt auch als Erdkugel bezeichnet. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Pigeons can use the terrestrial magnetic field to find their way home.
ruГолуби могут использовать магнитное поле Земли, чтобы найти путь домой. — odexed
It has to be an alien, since no terrestrial creature looks like that.
deEs muss ein Außerirdischer sein, denn kein irdisches Lebewesen sieht so aus. — frpzzd
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English terrestrialle, from terrestre or Latin terrestris, from terra (“land,From Middle English terrestrialle, from terrestre or Latin terrestris, from terra (“land, earth, ground”), with the suffix -al.
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