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semiterrestrial

semiterrestrial adjective: partly terrestrial, living sometimes on land.

Adjective

semiterrestrial (not comparable)

  1. partly terrestrial, living sometimes on land

Origin of semiterrestrial

From semi- + terrestrial.

Questions about semiterrestrial

What does semiterrestrial mean?
Semiterrestrial means partly terrestrial, living sometimes on land.
What part of speech is semiterrestrial?
Semiterrestrial is an adjective.

Words near semiterrestrial in the dictionary

  1. semitechnical
  2. semitendinosi
  3. semitendinosus
  4. semitendinous
  5. semiterete
  6. semiterrestrial
  7. semitertian
  8. semitertians
  9. Semites
  10. semithalloid
  11. semitheatrical

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