terran

/ˈtɛ.ɹən/

adj 2noun 1name 1

Collocations

ADJ.

favorite, over

VERB + TERRAN

earthling, hear, resemble

TERRAN + NOUN

cod, demonym, dna, hake, perspective, rna, table

PREP.

between, from

Definitions

adj

Of Earth; of terrestrial origin.

noun

An inhabitant of Earth; an earthling, especially a human.

The magazines, in the nearby rack, were in English. And on their covers, laughing Terrans.

name

A hypothetical language spoken throughout all of Earth.

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Example Bank

The magazines, in the nearby rack, were in English. And on their covers, laughing Terrans.

Wiktionary

[…] dinitrogen does not have properties that would be considered as suitable for life from a terran perspective (Table 7.2).

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As they approached the steps the Klee-shaes could hear a terran favorite over the great building's Public Address system—it was Neil Young warbling Keep On Rocking In The Free World, but a Fartian hos

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Like most “fish” native to Safehold, it has a very long, sinuous body but the head does resemble a terran hake or cod, with a hooked jaw.

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He had to choose between "Earthling" and "Terran" for their demonym.

Tatoeba · #1468756

The structure of alien life would be fascinating to discover. Would the foundation be akin to Terran DNA and RNA, or be totally different?

Tatoeba · #10042567

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