[syn: tellurian, telluric, terrestrial, terrene]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Tellurian \Tel*lu"ri*an\, a. [L. tellus, -uris, the earth.]
Of or pertaining to the earth. --De Quincey.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Tellurian \Tel*lu"ri*an\, n.
1. A dweller on the earth. --De Quincey.
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2. An instrument for showing the operation of the causes
which produce the succession of day and night, and the
changes of the seasons. [Written also tellurion.]
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
tellurian
adj 1: of or relating to or inhabiting the land as opposed to
the sea or air [syn: tellurian, telluric,
terrestrial, terrene]
n 1: an inhabitant of the earth [syn: tellurian, earthling,
earthman, worldling]