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yellow belly

yellow belly is the alternative spelling of yellowbelly.

Meaning of yellowbelly

Noun

yellowbelly (plural yellowbellies)

  1. (informal) A coward.
  2. (UK, slang) Someone from Lincolnshire, or from the Isle of Ely.
  3. (Ireland, slang) Someone from Wexford.
  4. (Australia) A golden perch (Macquaria ambigua).
    • The creeks gave us lots of food, too—yellow belly and jew, perch and eel.1994, Rita Huggins & Jackie Huggins, Auntie Rita, in Heiss & Minter, Macquarie PEN Anthology of Aboriginal Literature, Allen & Unwin 2008, p. 151
  5. (informal) A yellow-bellied sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius).

Forms of yellow belly

pluralyellow bellies

Questions about yellow belly

What is yellow belly the alternative spelling of?
Yellow belly is the alternative spelling of yellowbelly.

Words near yellow belly in the dictionary

  1. yellow bedstraw
  2. yellow beet
  3. yellow beets
  4. yellow bellies
  5. yellow bells
  6. yellow belly
  7. yellow bile
  8. yellow birch
  9. yellow birches
  10. yellow bird's-nest
  11. yellow bird's-nests

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