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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Subterranean \Sub`ter*ra"ne*an\, Subterraneous
\Sub`ter*ra"ne*ous\, a. [L. subterraneus; sub under + terra
earth. See {Terrace}.]
Being or lying under the surface of the earth; situated
within the earth, or under ground; as subterranean springs;
a subterraneous passage. -- {Sub`ter*ra"ne*ous*ly}, adv
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
subterranean
adj 1: being or operating under the surface of the earth;
"subterranean passages"; "a subsurface flow of water"
2: lying beneath what is revealed or avowed, especially being
deliberately concealed; "subterranean motives for murder";
"looked too closely for an ulterior purpose in all
knowledge"- Bertrand Russell [syn: {ulterior}]
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