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Meanings
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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
There are aquatic turtles and terrestrial turtles.
We surveyed the terrestrial mammals of this region.