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(of animals and plants 动植物 living on the land or on the ground, rather than in water, in trees or in the air 陆地的；陆栖的；陆生的 a terrestrial habitat 陆上栖息地
connected with the planet Earth 地球的；地球上的 terrestrial life 地球上的生物
(of television and broadcasting systems 电视和广播系统 operating by using equipment on the surface of the earth, rather than sending the signal via a satellite 陆地上的，地面上的（与卫星相对而言）
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘temporal, worldly, mundane’): from Latin terrestris (from terra ‘earth’) + -al.