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fishbellies

fishbellies is the plural of fishbelly.

Meaning of fishbelly

Noun

fishbelly (plural fishbellies)

  1. The belly of a fish.
  2. An early kind of cast iron rail for railways, predating the bullhead rail.
    • Original stone Stockton & Darlington Railway sleepers, thought to be 195 years old, have been installed as close as possible to the route's original starting point. They carry replica fishbelly rails, and the project [...] was part of an initiative by the Brusselton Incline Group to mark the start...2020 October 21, Howard Johnston, “Regional News: Eastern: Shildon”, in Rail, page 24

Questions about fishbellies

What is fishbellies the plural of?
Fishbellies is the plural of fishbelly.

Words near fishbellies in the dictionary

  1. fishbed
  2. Fishbeds
  3. Fishbein
  4. Fishbeinian
  5. Fishbeins
  6. fishbellies
  7. fishbelly
  8. fishbelly girder
  9. fishbelly girders
  10. fishberries
  11. fishberry

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