Usually means: Relating to Earth or land.
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General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. terrestrial: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. terrestrial: Merriam-Webster
  3. terrestrial: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. terrestrial: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. terrestrial: Collins English Dictionary
  6. terrestrial: Vocabulary.com
  7. Terrestrial, terrestrial: Wordnik
  8. terrestrial: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. Terrestrial, terrestrial: Wiktionary
  10. terrestrial: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. terrestrial: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. terrestrial: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. terrestrial: Dictionary.com
  14. terrestrial: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. terrestrial: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Terrestrial: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Terrestrial: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. terrestrial: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. terrestrial: Rhymezone
  20. Terrestrial: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. terrestrial: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  22. terrestrial: FreeDictionary.org
  23. terrestrial: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. terrestrial: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Construction Term Glossary (No longer online)
  2. terrestrial: Legal dictionary

Computing (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Webopedia (No longer online)
  2. terrestrial: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. TERRESTRIAL: Masonic Dictionary
  2. terrestrial: A Word A Day

Science (15 matching dictionaries)
  1. Dinosaurs (No longer online)
  2. Bird On! (No longer online)
  3. ORCHID GLOSSARY (No longer online)
  4. Botanical Terms (No longer online)
  5. GreenWeb Gardening Glossary (No longer online)
  6. Tree of Life Glossary (No longer online)
  7. Bryological (No longer online)
  8. Terrestrial: Extragalactic Astronomy
  9. Flora of New South Wales (No longer online)
  10. Terrestrial: USGS Paleontology Glossary of Terms
  11. terrestrial: Evolution Glossary
  12. Fishkeeping glossary (No longer online)
  13. Anthropology dictionary (No longer online)
  14. terrestrial: Natural History Terms
  15. TERRESTRIAL: Zoom Astronomy Glossary

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Lake and Water Word Glossary (No longer online)
  2. Schlumberger Oilfield Glossary (No longer online)

(Note: See terrestrially as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  (botany) A ground-dwelling plant.
adjective:  Of, relating to, or inhabiting the land of the Earth or its inhabitants, earthly.
adjective:  Of, relating to, or composed of land.
adjective:  Living or growing in or on land (as opposed to other habitat); not aquatic, etc.
adjective:  (astronomy) Of a planet, being composed primarily of silicate rocks or metals; see also terrestrial planet.
adjective:  Concerned with the world or worldly matters.
adjective:  (Mormonism) Of or pertaining to the second highest degree of glory.
adjective:  (broadcasting) Broadcast using radio waves as opposed to satellite or cable.
noun:  An inhabitant of the planet Earth.
noun:  Alternative letter-case form of Terrestrial (“Inhabitant of Earth”) [An inhabitant of the planet Earth.]

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