The 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans recommends eating within the following ranges: 1  Carbohydrates: 45-65% of calories. 2  Fat: 20-35% of calories. 3  Protein: 10-35% of calories.
terrestrial. adjective. 1  Of or relating to the earth or its inhabitants. 2  Biology Living or growing on land or on or in the ground; not aquatic, arboreal, or epiphytic: terrestrial mammals; terrestrial apes; terrestrial orchids.3  Astronomy Similar to the planet earth in size or composition: terrestrial planets.4  Transmitted from structures on the earth and not ...djective. 1  Of or relating to the earth or its inhabitants. 2  Biology Living or growing on land or on or in the ground; not aquatic, arboreal, or epiphytic: terrestrial mammals; terrestrial apes; terrestrial orchids. 3  Astronomy Similar to the planet earth in size or composition: terrestrial planets. 4  Transmitted from structures on the earth and not ...
Noun. 1. peninsula-a large mass of land projecting into a body of water. dry land, ground, solid ground, terra firma, earth, land-the solid part of the earth's surface; the plane turned away from the sea and moved back over land; the earth shook for several minutes; he dropped the logs on the ground.. (Physical Geography) a narrow strip of land projecting into a sea or lake from the mainland. [C16: from Latin, literally: almost an island, from paene pene- + insula island]. Usage: The noun peninsula is sometimes confused with the adjective peninsular: the Iberian peninsula (not peninsular).