terrestrial

adjective7

1. •
   Of or relating to the Earth or its (native) inhabitants.
2. •
   Of, relating to, or composed of land or earth, as contrasted with bodies of water, with wetlands viewed as semiaquatic environs, or with aerial or space environs.

   • quoted in 2022, C. F. G. Clark, The Curiosities of Dudley and the Black Country […] yet this stone [Cannock] is so Sulphurious and Terrestrial, not fit to make Iron; […]
3. •
   Living or growing in or on land (as opposed to other habitats or substrates).
4. •
   Broadcast using radio waves as opposed to satellite or cable.
5. •
   Being composed primarily of silicate rocks or metals, as contrasted with gases, liquified gases, and dust.
6. •
   Concerned with the world or worldly matters.

   • A genius bright and base, / Of towering talents, and terrestrial aims. — 1744
7. •
   Of or pertaining to the second highest degree of glory.

   • We are now living and obeying celestial laws that will make us candidates for celestial glory; or we are living terrestrial laws that will make us candidates for terrestrial glory; or telestial. — 1974

noun1

1. •
   A ground-dwelling plant.

noun1

1. •
   An inhabitant of the planet Earth.

   • The other was not a Terrestrial, but a visiting Martian. — 1925