"mist-belt" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: mist-belts [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} mist-belt (plural mist-belts)
  1. Alternative form of mist belt Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: mist belt
    Sense id: en-mist-belt-en-noun-u~P7hVaK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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          "text": "The blue swallow, which breeds in the grasslands mist-belt along the southem African eastem escarpment, is one of the world's most vulnerable avifaunal species, largely because much of its habitat has been given over to commercial forestry.",
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