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extraterrestrial
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
extraterrestrial
(adjective)
extraterrestrial
/ˌɛkstrətə
ˈ
rɛstrijəl/
adjective
extraterrestrial
/ˌɛkstrətə
ˈ
rɛstrijəl/
adjective
Britannica Dictionary definition of EXTRATERRESTRIAL
:
coming from or existing outside the planet Earth
extraterrestrial
life
extraterrestrial
beings/intelligence
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— extraterrestrial
noun
,
plural
extraterrestrials
[
count
]
a movie about an
extraterrestrial
[=an extraterrestrial being]
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