English Explanatory Dictionary

Beltian body

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A structure found on the tips of leaflets in some acacias, rich in lipids and proteins, believed to have evolved as part of a symbiotic relationship with ants.

Word forms

Beltian body Beltian bodies

Etymology

From Belt + -ian, after Thomas Belt (1832–1878), English geologist and naturalist.

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