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exterrestrial

exterrestrial adjective: synonym of extraterrestrial.

Adjective

exterrestrial (comparative more exterrestrial, superlative most exterrestrial)

  1. Synonym of extraterrestrial.
    • Are terrestrial organisms accidently^([sic]) landed on an exterrestrial surface likely to survive and be detected inadvertently by our life detection experiments and are terrestrial organisms likely to grow and destroy indigenous life forms?1969, United States. Congress. House. Appropriations, Independent Offices and Department of Housing and Urban Development Appropriations for 1970, page 909

Synonyms of exterrestrial

Forms of exterrestrial

comparativemore exterrestrial
superlativemost exterrestrial

Questions about exterrestrial

What does exterrestrial mean?
Exterrestrial means synonym of extraterrestrial.
What part of speech is exterrestrial?
Exterrestrial is an adjective.

Words near exterrestrial in the dictionary

  1. exteroreceptors
  2. exterosensorimotor
  3. exterplex
  4. exterplexes
  5. exterraneous
  6. exterrestrial
  7. exterritorial
  8. exterritoriality
  9. exterritorialize
  10. exterritorialized
  11. exterritorializes

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