tellurian : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: tellurian	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for tellurian
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tellurian adj of or relating to or inhabiting the land as opposed to the sea or air Synonym(s): tellurian, telluric, terrestrial, terrene n an inhabitant of the earth [syn: tellurian, earthling, earthman, worldling]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tellurian \Tellu"rian\, a. [L. tellus, -uris, the earth.] Of or pertaining to the earth. --De Quincey.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tellurian \Tellu"rian\, 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}.]