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Pos: Adjective, Noun
[WORDNET DICTIONARY]

Noun tellurian has 1 senses

   tellurian(n = noun.person) earthling, earthman, worldling - an inhabitant of the earth;
is a kind of denizen, dweller, habitant, indweller, inhabitant


Adjective tellurian has 1 senses

   tellurian(a = adj.pert) telluric, terrene, terrestrial - of or relating to or inhabiting the land as opposed to the sea or air;


[CIDE DICTIONARY]

tellurian, a. [L. tellus, -uris, the earth.].

   Of or pertaining to the earth. De Quincey. [1913 Webster]


tellurian, n.

1.  A dweller on the earth. De Quincey. [1913 Webster]

2.  An instrument for showing the operation of the causes which produce the succession of day and night, and the changes of the seasons. [1913 Webster]


[OXFORD DICTIONARY]

tellurian, adj. & n.
--adj. of or inhabiting the earth.
--n. an inhabitant of the earth.

Etymology:
L tellus -uris earth