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terraqueous /tɛˈreɪkwɪəs /adjectiveConsisting or formed of land and water: the preservation of this terraqueous globe...- No, to perambulate this terraqueous globe is too small a range; were it permitted, he should at least make the tour of the whole system of the sun.
- In the terraqueous ecotones of the Basu river 148 species of algae, belonging to 5 divisions, were found.
- The picture is the incontrovertible evidence that we live on a terraqueous globe.
Origin Mid 17th century: from Latin terra 'land' + aqueous. |