semiterrestrial

1. 1.

   chiefly but not exclusively terrestrial

Questions about semiterrestrial

What does semiterrestrial mean?

semiterrestrial means "chiefly but not exclusively terrestrial".

How many syllables are in semiterrestrial?

semiterrestrial has 6 syllables: se-mi-ter-re-stri-al. The stress falls on "stri".

Is semiterrestrial a common word?

semiterrestrial is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.