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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (adj.) Martian
of, pertaining to, or like the planet Mars or its hypothetical inhabitants.

2. (n.) Martian
a supposed inhabitant of the planet Mars.

Etymology: (1875–80; < L Mārti(us) of, belonging to Mars (cf.

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Princeton's WordNet

1. (adj) Martian
imaginary people who live on the planet Mars

2. (adj) Martian
of or relating to the planet Mars (or its fictional inhabitants)

Definitions of 'martian'

The New Hacker's Dictionary

1. martian
A packet sent on a TCP/IP network with a source address of the test loopback interface [127.0.0.1]. This means that it will come back labeled with a source address that is clearly not of this earth. “The domain server is getting lots of packets from Mars. Does that gateway have a martian filter?” Compare Christmas tree packet, Godzillagram.

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