terrestrial
adjective /təˈrestriəl/
/təˈrestriəl/
- (specialist) (of animals and plants) living on the land or on the ground, rather than in water, in trees or in the air
- a terrestrial habitat
- connected with the planet Earth
- terrestrial life
- (of television and broadcasting systems) operating by using equipment on the surface of the earth, rather than sending the signal via a satellite Topics TV, radio and newsc2
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘temporal, worldly, mundane’): from Latin terrestris (from terra ‘earth’) + -al.