terrestrials
/təˈrɛstriəlz/
noun
- Living things that live on land, especially as opposed to those that live in water or air.
- In science class, we learned how terrestrials have adapted to breathing air instead of water.
- The aquarium has both aquatic creatures and terrestrials like turtles that bask on rocks.
- Some plants are aquatic, but most garden varieties are terrestrials that need well-drained soil.
- In science fiction, beings that originate from the planet Earth.
- The alien visitors studied the behavior of terrestrials with great curiosity.
- The movie explores what happens when terrestrials make first contact with an advanced civilization.
- In the novel, the space station housed both extraterrestrials and terrestrials working together.
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