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nonterrestrial

nonterrestrial adjective: not terrestrial.

Adjective

nonterrestrial (not comparable)

  1. Not terrestrial.

Noun

nonterrestrial (plural nonterrestrials)

  1. An organism that did not originate on Earth.

Forms of nonterrestrial

pluralnonterrestrials

Origin of nonterrestrial

From non- + terrestrial.

Questions about nonterrestrial

What does nonterrestrial mean?
Nonterrestrial means not terrestrial.
What part of speech is nonterrestrial?
Nonterrestrial can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near nonterrestrial in the dictionary

  1. nonterms
  2. nonternary
  3. nonterpenoid
  4. nonterpenoids
  5. nonterraced
  6. nonterrestrial
  7. nonterrestrials
  8. nonterrible
  9. nonterritorial
  10. nonterritoriality
  11. nonterror

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