Terrestres (terestrez)

pl. [NL., pl. of L. terrestris, of or belonging to the earth: see terrestre, terrestrial.] In ornith., one of three series into which birds were formerly divided, containing the rasorial and cursorial forms: contrasted with Aëreæ and Aquaticæ: more ful IMG:content-0132.png:[blocks in formation] terrestrial Vnto mortall deth me to haue ye shold, Ryght as a woman born here naturall, A feminine thyng, woman at al houres, To end of my days here terrestriall . Rom. of Partenay (E. E. T. S.), 1. 3622. There are also celestial bodies, and bodies terrestrial . 1 Cor. xv. 40. 2. Representing or consisting of the earth: as, a or the terrestrial globe. See globe, 4. What though, in solemn silence, all Move round this dark, terrestrial ball? Add is on, Ode, The Spacious Firmament. tite. 6247 The bracing air of the headland gives a terrible appeB. Taylor , Lands of the Saracen, p. 20. Terrible infant, a noisy, rough, pa ionate, or inconveniently outspoken child [for F. enfant terrible ]. Poor Reginald was not analytical, like certain pedantic ules who figure in story as children. He was a ter rible infant , not a horrible one. dire. C. Reade , Love me Little, i. =Syn. 1. Terrific, fearful, frightful, horrible, shocking, terriblene (ter'i-bl-nes), n. The character or state of being terrible; dreadfulne ; for- 3. Pertaining to the world or to the present mid able ne : as, the terriblene of a sight. state; sublunary; worldly; mundane. sublunar A genius bright and base, Of tow'ring talents and terrestrial aims. Young , Night Thoughts, vi. 4. Pertaining to or consisting of land, as opposed to water, or of earth. The terrestrial substance, destitute of all liquor, remain Holland , tr. of Plutarch, p. 598. eth alone. I did not confine these observations to land, or terres trial parts of the globe, but extended them to the fluids. Woodward. 5. In zoöl., living on the ground; confined to the ground; not aquatic, arboreal, or aërial; terricolous. Specifically - (a) In ornith., rasorial or cursorial; belonging to the Terrestres. (b) In conch., air breathing or pulmonate, as a snail or a slug. (c) Belonging to that division of isopods which contains the woodlice, sow-bugs, or land-slaters. 6. In bot., growing on land, not aquatic; growing in the ground, not on trees. Terrestrial gravitation, magnetism radiation, refraction ther mometer. See thermometer. II. n. 1. An inhabitant of the earth. But Heav'n, that knows what all terrestrials need, Repose to night, and toil to day decreed. Fenton, in Pope's Ody ey, xix. 682. 2. pl. In zool.: (a) A section of the cla Aves, the Terrestres. (b) The pulmonate gastropods. (c) A division of isopods. terrestrially (te-res'tri-al-i), adv. 1. After a terrestrial or earthly manner.-2. In zoöl., in or on the ground; on land, not in water: as, to pupate terrestrially, as an insect.