terraqueousadj.
/tɛˈreɪkwiːəs/ 1. Consisting of, or formed of, land and water; nearly always in terraqueous globe.
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the world > the earth > [adjective] > as formed of land and water
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1658 E. Phillips New World Eng. Words Terraqueous, composed of earth and water together.
1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. ii. 99 The halituous Effluxions and Aporrhœa's of this terraqueous Globe below.
1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. iii. 171 The whole Terrestrial (or Terraqueous) Globe.
1742 E. Young Complaint: Night the First 14 A Part how small of the terraqueous Globe Is tenanted by man?
1781 W. Cowper Charity 122 Providence enjoins to every soul An union with the vast terraqueous whole.
1845 J. Phillips & C. G. B. Daubeny Geol. in Encycl. Metrop. VI. 701/1 (margin) Relation of terraqueous agencies in ancient and modern eras.
1876 D. Page Adv. Text-bk. Geol. (ed. 6) iii. 72 The maintenance of a habitable terraqueous surface.
2. Living in land and water, as a plant; extending over land and water, as a journey.
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the world > plants > by habitat or distribution > [adjective] > growing on land and in or near water
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amphibious1717
society > travel > aspects of travel > a journey > [adjective] > over land and water
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1694 W. Westmacott Θεολοβοτονολογια 164 These Reeds belong to the terraqueous plants.
1844 Jeffrey in Ld. Cockburn Life (1852) II. Let. clxxiv We drove down to the pier and resumed our terraqueous promenade.
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