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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
extraterrestrial \ex'tra*ter*res"tri*al\ ([e^]ks'tr[.a]*t[e^]r'r[e^]s"tr[i^]*al), adjective originating or located or occurring outside Earth or its atmosphere; as, there is no clear evidence for extraterrestrial life. [WordNet 1.5]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
extraterrestrial \extraterrestrial\ ([e^]ks'tr[.a]*t[e^]r'r[e^]s"tr[i^]*al), noun a hypothetical form of life existing outside the Earth or its atmosphere, especially intelligent life on other planets or in other solar systems; as, what would you say to an extraterrestrial?.
Syn: extraterrestrial being, alien. [WordNet 1.5]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
extraterrestrial
adjective: originating or located or occurring outside Earth or its atmosphere; "is there extraterrestrial life?"
noun: a form of life assumed to exist outside the Earth or its atmosphere [syn: {extraterrestrial being}, {alien}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
76 Moby Thesaurus words for "extraterrestrial": Elysian, Olympian, alien, arcane, barbarian, barbaric, barbarous, beatific, beatified, blessed, celestial, eerie, esoteric, ethereal, exotic, exterior, external, exterrestrial, exterritorial, extragalactic, extralateral, extraliminal, extramundane, extramural, extraneous, extrapolar, extraprovincial, extrasolar, extraterrene, extraterritorial, extratribal, extrinsic, fey, foreign, foreign-born, from on high, glorified, heavenly, hypernormal, hyperphysical, in glory, intrusive, mysterious, numinous, occult, otherworldly, outland, outlandish, outside, paradisaic, paradisal, paradisiac, paradisic, preterhuman, preternatural, preternormal, pretersensual, psychic, space, spiritual, strange, superhuman, supernal, supernatural, supernormal, superphysical, supersensible, supersensual, supramundane, supranatural, transcendental, transmundane, ulterior, unearthly, unhuman, unworldly
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