tellurian
adjective
definition: characteristic of or pertaining to the earth or its inhabitants; terrestrial.
example: The African bush elephant is the heaviest of all tellurian creatures.
noun
definition 1: an inhabitant of the earth; human being.
definition 2: an instrument that shows how the earth’s position and movements cause daily and seasonal changes.
Quotations:
“Where there is light there will be eyes, and these, in other spheres, will be the same in all respects as the eyes of tellurian animals, with only such differences as may be necessary to accord with minor peculiarities of condition and of situation.” (Robert Chambers, Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation)
“You Tellurians are complex creatures, and we do not think alike.” (David A. Kyle, Z-Lensman)
