Menevian
/mɪˈniːvɪən/Geology
adjective
Of, relating to, or designating a group of fossiliferous rocks of Cambrian age found near St David's in South Wales, and also near Dolgellau and Maentwrog in North Wales.
noun
The Menevian formation.
Origin
Mid 19th century. From Menevia, name in post-classical Latin of Mynyw, the former name of a town (now Tyddewi or St David's) in Pembrokeshire, Wales + -an. The forms Minevian and Maenevian may reflect variant spellings in post-classical Latin.
- get (or keep) one's hand in
- get (or keep) the show on the road
- get (or lay)one's hands on
- get (or pull) one's finger out
- get (or put) someone's back up
- get (or receive) one's just deserts
- get (or sink) one's teeth into
- get (or start) off on the right (or wrong) foot
- get (or stick) the knife into (or in) someone
- get (or take) a rise out of
- get (or take or have) the bit between (or in) one's teeth
- get (or take or have) the measure of
- get out
- get out of
- get out of bed on the wrong side (or get up on the wrong side of the bed)
- (get) out of my sight!
- get out of someone's face
- get outside of
- get over
- get over oneself
- get physical
- get real!
- get religion
- get-rich-quick
- get rid of