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==Origin==
'''Terrestrial''' refers to the land of any given world, or more often, with that of the planet [[Earth]].
[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] (in the sense ‘[[temporal]], worldly, [[mundane]]’): from [[Latin]] ''terrestris'' (from ''terra'' ‘[[earth]]’)
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/15th_century 15th Century]
==Definitions==
*1a : of or relating to the [[earth]] or its inhabitants <terrestrial [[magnetism]]>
:b : [[mundane]] in scope or character : prosaic
*2:a : of or relating to land as distinct from air or [[water]] <terrestrial [[transportation]]>
:b (1) : living on or in or growing from [[land]] <terrestrial plants> <terrestrial birds> (2) : of or relating to terrestrial [[organisms]] <terrestrial habits>
*3: belonging to the class of [[planets]] that are like the earth (as in [[density]] and silicate [[composition]]) <the terrestrial planets Mercury, Venus, and Mars>
==See also==
*'''''[[Extraterrestrial]]'''''
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrestrial_animal Terrestrial animal], an animal that lives on land opposed to living in [[water]], or sometimes an animal that lives on or near the ground, as opposed to [[arboreal]] life (in trees)
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrestrial_locomotion Terrestrial locomotion], evolutionary [[adaptation]] from aquatic types of locomotion
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrestrial_plant Terrestrial plant], a [[plant]] that grows on [[land]] rather than in water or on rocks or trees
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrestrial_planet Terrestrial planet], a planet that is primarily composed of silicate rocks, and thus "[[Earth]]-like"
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