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Terrestrial refers to things related to land or the planet Earth, as opposed to extraterrestrial.

Terrestrial may also refer to:

Terrestrial animal, an animal that lives on land opposed to living in water, or sometimes an animal that lives on or near the ground, as opposed to arboreal life (in trees)
- A fishing fly that simulates the appearance of a land insect is referred to as a terrestrial fly.
Terrestrial ecoregion, land ecoregions, as distinct from freshwater ecoregions and marine ecoregions
Terrestrial ecosystem, an ecosystem found only on landforms
Terrestrial gamma-ray flash, a burst of gamma rays produced in Earth's atmosphere
Terrestrial locomotion, evolutionary adaptation from aquatic types of locomotion
Terrestrial plant, a plant that grows on land rather than in water or on rocks or trees
Terrestrial planet, a planet that is primarily composed of silicate rocks, and thus "Earth-like"
Terrestrial radio, radio signals received through a conventional aerial, as opposed to satellite radio
Terrestrial radiation, due to the insolation of heat by the earth surface, earth re-radiates the heat to the atmosphere in the form of long waves
Terrestrial reconnaissance, a type of reconnaissance that is employed along the elements of ground warfare
Terrestrial reference frame, the reference frame as one views from earth
Terrestrial television, television signals received through a conventional aerial, as opposed to satellite television or cable television
Terrestrial Time, an astronomical time standard
Terrestrial Trunked Radio, a specialist walkie talkie standard used by police departments, fire departments, ambulance services and the military
Cretaceous Terrestrial Revolution, the intense diversification of land animals
Terretial bacteria, bacteria that lives in space
Earthly, as worldly and opposite to otherworldly

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