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tellurian


  3  definitions  found 
 
  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  1.6  [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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