terrestrial
terrestre
definition
noun
That is certainly plausible enough, but is he really the man to lecture us terrestrials on the distinction between ‘science’ and ‘fantasy’?
an inhabitant of the earth.
adjective
increased ultraviolet radiation may disrupt terrestrial ecosystems
of, on, or relating to the earth.
translation of 'terrestrial'
adjective
terrestre
example
Fourier submitted his 1807 memoir together with additional work on the cooling of infinite solids and 'terrestrial' and radiant heat.
Mesites, small 'terrestrial' birds with poor powers of flight, are especially noteworthy because they are one of the very oldest branches of the gruiform tree.
The reef is an improbable landscape of improbable creatures, and we can do little but borrow descriptions from the 'terrestrial' world in an attempt to describe them.
Today's 'terrestrial' habitats are dominated by the angiosperms - flowering plants, one of whose key features is the possession of fruits of a wide range of forms and types.
Male fowl are often vigilant, and they use two types of alarm call to signal aerial and 'terrestrial' predators.
Large 'terrestrial' scorpions would be among the top predators.
Ananas is a terrestrial genus, but it grows continuously, whereas most 'terrestrial' orchids have distinct active and dormant phases.
Because turbinates reduce respiratory water and heat loss, they are tightly linked to high rates of lung ventilation in these 'terrestrial' endotherms.
Recurrent natural disturbances and abiotic stress factors are integral components of many 'terrestrial' plant communities.
Like earth, Mars is a 'terrestrial' planet quite unlike the spectacularly strange gas giants that lie beyond the ‘Red Planet’ and the Asteroid Belt.
Up until now more than 30,000 macrofossils have been excavated, all of which document a highly diverse 'terrestrial' flora and fauna.
They probably subsisted on insects and other small 'terrestrial' invertebrates and perhaps even on small vertebrates.
Both the water ferns and Ceratopteris occur in clades with 'terrestrial' ferns and the aquatic habit appears to be derived in these lineages.
There are no plans at present to repeat this programme on the BBC 'terrestrial' or digital channels, although I will certainly register your interest for the attention of our schedulers.
The 'terrestrial' planets in our solar system all have very specific spectroscopic fingerprints that tell us quite a bit about their atmospheres.
Both the shortage and the excess of water may cause severe stress to 'terrestrial' plants, with ultimately lethal outcomes.
The carcharodontosaurs were among the largest 'terrestrial' predators that ever lived, some reaching as much as forty feet long and weighing four tons.
The mechanical design of 'terrestrial' plants has received much attention; studies have investigated the design of upright species and the mechanics of climbing woody species.
The plants, invertebrates, and tetrapods can be thought of as three separate subsystems of the larger 'terrestrial' ecosystem.
And nobody wanted a fifth 'terrestrial' television channel.
The 'terrestrial' biosphere is, indeed, a vast natural carbon store, but its capacity to take up substantially increased quantities of CO2 is severely limited.
Yogic meditation allowed Vedic sages to see in their minds' eyes, the likenesses, homologies and equivalences between the cosmic, the 'terrestrial' and the spiritual.
Boreal forests and arctic tundra are among the coldest and least productive 'terrestrial' environments on earth.
As the newest of the five 'terrestrial' channels the station has had an uphill struggle to get into the hearts and minds of the viewing public.
Scientists see Titan as a complex world, closer to a 'terrestrial' planet than a moon typical of the outer planetary systems.
Those dramatic events drastically affected the marine community, but had little impact on 'terrestrial' flora.
Lady slippers and some kinds of cymbidium are 'terrestrial' orchids.
Daniels is the owner of seven tortoises, as 'terrestrial' turtles are commonly known.
But somewhat surprisingly, this 'terrestrial' arachnid doesn't mind swimming, either.
As 'terrestrial' creatures, we tend to think of life on our planet as being essentially life on land.
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