Hypertext Webster Gateway: "tellurian"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Tellurian \Tel*lu"ri*an\, a. [L. tellus, -uris, the earth.]
Of or pertaining to the earth. --De Quincey.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Tellurian \Tel*lu"ri*an\, n.
1. A dweller on the earth. --De Quincey.
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}.]
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
tellurian
adj : of or relating to or inhabiting the land as opposed to the
sea or air [syn: {telluric}, {terrestrial}, {terrene}]
n : an inhabitant of the earth [syn: {earthling}, {earthman}]
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