noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', noun
terrestrial; land-dwelling
Used in biology and ecology to describe organisms that live on land, as opposed to aquatic (水生). Often appears in compounds like 陸生動物 (terrestrial animal) or 陸生植物 (terrestrial plant).
See also: 水生
カメには水生のものと陸生のものがいる。
There are aquatic turtles and terrestrial turtles.
この地域の陸生哺乳類を調
We surveyed the terrestrial mammals of this region.
水生 means aquatic or water-dwelling, the direct opposite of 陸生.
Compound of 陸 (land) and 生 (life/living). The spelling 陸棲 uses 棲 (dwell) to emphasize habitat. The reading is on'yomi for both characters.