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yellowbellies

yellowbellies is the plural 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).

Questions about yellowbellies

What is yellowbellies the plural of?
Yellowbellies is the plural of yellowbelly.

Words near yellowbellies in the dictionary

  1. yellowback
  2. yellowback fusilier
  3. yellowback fusiliers
  4. yellowbacks
  5. yellowbar angelfish
  6. yellowbellies
  7. yellowbelly
  8. yellowbelly slider
  9. yellowbelly sliders
  10. yellowberries
  11. yellowberry

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