Sentence examples for were terrestrial from inspiring English sources
adjective
Of, relating to, or inhabiting the land of the Earth or its inhabitants, earthly.
It is likely that the most primitive symphylan-like insects were terrestrial.
The continental interiors were terrestrial, and no major marine embayments apparently existed.
Unlike the dinosaurs, which were terrestrial and laid eggs, marine reptiles were fully aquatic and bore live young.
They were terrestrial animals, but perhaps spent a lot of their time close to the coast or around estuaries and rivers, meaning that they are washed into the sea more often than many others.
Dinosaurs were terrestrial and laid eggs.
But on several specimen-gathering expeditions, Rubinoff saw species he had thought were terrestrial living in the middle of streams.
They may be terrestrial or epiphytic.
They may be terrestrial, arboreal, or aquatic.
They may be terrestrial or arboreal.
They actually are terrestrial animals that breed in ponds".
Bathyal sediments are terrestrial, pelagic, or authigenic (formed in place).
