Beltian
English
Etymology
Belt + -ian
Adjective
Beltian (comparative more Beltian, superlative most Beltian)
- Of or relating to Thomas Belt (1832–1878), English geologist and naturalist.
- 2016, Justin O. Schmidt, The Sting of the Wild, Johns Hopkins University Press, →ISBN, page 26:
- Bullhorn acacia ants live off extrafloral nectar [...] and protein-rich Beltian bodies [...] of the host tree.
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Translations
of or relating to Thomas Belt