The Collaborative International Dictionary
Terrestrial \Ter*res"tri*al\, a. [L. terrestris, from terra the earth. See Terrace.]
Of or pertaining to the earth; existing on the earth; earthly; as, terrestrial animals. ``Bodies terrestrial.''
--1 Cor. xv. 40.Representing, or consisting of, the earth; as, a terrestrial globe. ``The dark terrestrial ball.''
--Addison.-
Of or pertaining to the world, or to the present state; sublunary; mundane.
Vain labors of terrestrial wit.
--Spenser.A genius bright and base, Of towering talents, and terrestrial aims.
--Young. -
Consisting of land, in distinction from water; belonging to, or inhabiting, the land or ground, in distinction from trees, water, or the like; as, terrestrial serpents.
The terrestrial parts of the globe.
--Woodward. Adapted for the observation of objects on land and on the earth; as, a terrestrial telescope, in distinction from an astronomical telescope. [1913 Webster] -- Ter*res"tri*al*ly, adv. -- Ter*res"tri*al*ness, n.
Wiktionary
n. Quality of being terrestrial; terrestriality.