Terrestrial

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Terrestrial refers to things having to do with the land or the Earth.

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  • Terrestrial animal, an animal that lives on the land, as opposed to in water, air, or in the trees
  • Terrestrial plant, a plant that grows on land rather than in water or on rocks or trees
  • Terrestrial planet, a planet that is primarily composed of silicate rocks. These planets go from Mercury to Mars. They are very small compared to the Jovian planets. They all have an iron core and contain not much gas
  • Terrestrial ecoregion, land ecoregions, as distinct from freshwater ecoregions and marine ecoregions
  • Terrestrial radio, radio signals received through a conventional aerial, as opposed to Satellite radio
  • Terrestrial television, television signals received through a conventional aerial
  • Terrestrial Trunked Radio, a specialist walkie talkie standard used by police departments, fire departments, ambulance services and the military