Terrestrial has 4 syllables and the stress is on the second syllable.
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| 1. | The Solar System has four terrestrial or telluric planets: Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars. | |
| 2. | Pigeons can use the terrestrial magnetic field to find their way home. | |
| 3. | Some scientists believe that our first contact with extra-terrestrial life will occur in the next decade or so. | |
| 4. | The earth, because of its shape, is called the terrestrial globe. | |
| 5. | Spain shares borders with France, Portugal, the principality of Andorra, and the British colony of Gibraltar. In its African territories, it shares terrestrial and maritime borders with Morocco. | |
| 6. | Giraffes are terrestrial animals. | |
| 7. | The Kuiper Belt is the “third zone” of the solar system beyond the inner terrestrial planets and the outer gas giant planets. | |
| 8. | Although others had floated the idea of orbital telescopes, Spitzer’s 1946 paper entitled “Astronomical advantages of an extra-terrestrial observatory” described in detail the scientific advantages of placing a telescope in space. | |
| 9. | Mercury is a terrestrial planet. | |
| 10. | Elephants are the largest living terrestrial animals. |