subterrestrial


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sub·ter·res·tri·al

 (sŭb′tə-rĕs′trē-əl)
adj.
Subterranean; underground.
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subterrestrial

adjective
Located or operating beneath the earth's surface:
hypogeal, hypogean, hypogeous, subterranean, underground.
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He and some friends traverse Paris through the city's underground infrastructure, where they meet fellow subterrestrial pilgrims ("cataphiles" they're called, at least in Paris), and reconnoiter peculiar evidence of people determined to leave their mark in this tenebrous turf.
Underground: A Human History of the Worlds beneath Our Feet
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