tellurian

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  1. adjective Of, relating to, or inhabiting the earth.
  2. noun An inhabitant of the earth; a terrestrial.
  3. noun Variant of tellurion.

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  1. from Latin tellus (tellur-), the earth, + -i-an.
 

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/tɛˈljuriən/
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