yellowbelly
noun/ˈjɛləʊbɛli/
Etymology * From yellow + belly. * (someone from Lincolnshire or Isle of Ely): An allusion to the frogs and yellow-bellied eels caught there.
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Informal A coward.
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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
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Informal A yellow-bellied sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius).
- Derived terms
- yellow-bellied
- Related terms
- yellowbelly slider, yellow-bellied slider