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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Ter·res·tri·al a.
 1. Of or pertaining to the earth; existing on the earth; earthly; as, terrestrial animals. “Bodies terrestrial.”
 2. Representing, or consisting of, the earth; as, a terrestrial globe. “The dark terrestrial ball.”
 3. 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.
 4. 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.
 5. Adapted for the observation of objects on land and on the earth; as, a terrestrial telescope, in distinction from an astronomical telescope.
 -- Ter*res*tri*al*ly, adv. -- Ter*res*tri*al*ness, n.