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terrestrial
1432, from L.
terrestris
"earthly," from
terra
"earth" (see
terrain
). Originally opposed to
celestial
; natural history sense of "living on land" is attested from 1638. The noun meaning "a human being, a mortal" is recorded from 1598.
