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{ } a. [ L. conterraneus; con- + terra country. ] Of or belonging to the same country. Howell. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. exterraneus; es out + terra land. ] Foreign; belonging to, or coming from, abroad. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. mediterraneus; medius middle + terra land. See Mid, and Terrace. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Inclosed, or nearly inclosed, with land; as, the Mediterranean Sea, between Europe and Africa. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Inland; remote from the ocean. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Cities, as well mediterranean as maritime. Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Of, pertaining to, or located in the Mediterranean Sea or on the adjacent lands; as, Mediterranean trade; a Mediterranean voyage; a Mediterranean plant. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

n. A small two-winged fly (Ceratitis capitata), a native of the Mediterranean countries but now widely distributed in warm regions, which can cause great damage to citrus and other succulent fruit crops when present in large numbers. It is black and white and irregularly banded. It lays eggs in ripening oranges, peaches, and other fruits; when the eggs hatch into larvae (maggots) inside the fruit, they cause the fruit to decay and fall, and make the fruit unsaleable. It is also popularly called the medfly. The possibility of infestation by this and other crop pests has caused some states such as California, where fruit is a major export, to ban the importation of fruit from other regions. Outbreaks of infestation with the medfly have caused California to mobilize major eradication campaigns and have been the subject of political faultfinding. The eradication tactic, of releasing sterile males to break the reproductive cycle, has been used to deal with outbreaks of the medfly. [ PJC ]

a. Inland. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. L. subterraneum, F. souterrain. See Subterranean. ] A cave or room under ground. [ R. ] J. Bryant. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Subterranean. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ L. subterraneus; sub under + terra earth. See Terrace. ] Being or lying under the surface of the earth; situated within the earth, or under ground; as, subterranean springs; a subterraneous passage. -- Sub`ter*ra"ne*ous*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

a. Being above ground. “Superterranean quarries.” Mrs. Trollope. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. terrain, from L. terra earth. ] 1. (Geol.) A group of rocks having a common age or origin; -- nearly equivalent to formation, but used somewhat less comprehensively. [ 1913 Webster ]