tellurian
1of or characteristic of the earth or its inhabitants; terrestrial.
an inhabitant of the earth.
Origin of tellurian
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How to use tellurian in a sentence
Including the tellurian and the Margonian, we now have forty-eight regions defined.
The Galaxy Primes | Edward Elmer SmithTruly you have made a notable achievement in science, tellurian friends, and we congratulate you upon its accomplishment.
Spacehounds of IPC | Edward Elmer SmithThey have been in constant training ever since we left Tellus, and now they can stand as high an acceleration as a weak tellurian.
Spacehounds of IPC | Edward Elmer SmithThey were asexual: sexless to a degree unapproached by any form of tellurian life higher than the yeasts.
Triplanetary | Edward Elmer SmithAnother Arpalone appeared, indistinguishable to tellurian eyes from any one of the others.
The Galaxy Primes | Edward Elmer Smith
British Dictionary definitions for tellurian
/ (tɛˈlʊərɪən) /
of or relating to the earth
(esp in science fiction) an inhabitant of the earth
Origin of tellurian
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