Definitions

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  • adjective Restricted to the land; unable to enter the sea, sky, etc.

Etymologies

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land +‎ bound

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Examples

  • The risk to the landbound public is considered much smaller, health officials say.

    Wash Off Tarballs, But Brief Encounters Not Risky 2010

  • How could the landbound, plains-dwelling men of Mueller ever invade, let alone conquer, a people like this?

    Enjoyment 2010

  • The blue pallor of the drakes was more evident now, as was the fact that their armor was smoother, less scaled than their landbound cousins.

    LEGENDS OF THE DRAGONREALM Richard A. Knaak 2009

  • The blue pallor of the drakes was more evident now, as was the fact that their armor was smoother, less scaled than their landbound cousins.

    LEGENDS OF THE DRAGONREALM Richard A. Knaak 2009

  • The blue pallor of the drakes was more evident now, as was the fact that their armor was smoother, less scaled than their landbound cousins.

    LEGENDS OF THE DRAGONREALM Richard A. Knaak 2009

  • His dad's back landbound as well he works on an oil tanker and Chris might be in San Diego another week.

    Once again, here's Monday 2008

  • All the other kids know what's wrong with them -- in a world full of flyers, they're landbound, and will never be anything else.

    The WritingYA Weblog: Oddly Fantastic, She's a Wall? tanita davis 2007

  • None at the moment, Callimachus the league president informed him, after showing him a wonderful trick that turned landbound beetles into twinkling butterflies.

    Antony and Cleopatra Colleen McCullough 2007

  • All the other kids know what's wrong with them -- in a world full of flyers, they're landbound, and will never be anything else.

    Archive 2007-10-01 a. fortis 2007

  • None at the moment, Callimachus the league president informed him, after showing him a wonderful trick that turned landbound beetles into twinkling butterflies.

    Antony and Cleopatra Colleen McCullough 2007

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