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[ yel-oh-bel-eed ] / ˈyɛl oʊˌbɛl id / SEE SYNONYMS FOR yellow-bellied ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivehaving a yellow abdomen or underside. Slang. cowardly; lily-livered. Origin of yellow-belliedFirst recorded in 1700–10 Words nearby yellow-belliedyellow archangel, yellow atrophy of liver, yellow avens, yellowback, yellowbark, yellow-bellied, yellow-bellied sapsucker, yellowbelly, yellow bile, yellow-billed cuckoo, yellow-billed magpie Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for yellow-belliedEven though the Founders at first blamed meteors, they eventually made “moschetoes” as the yellow-bellied culprit. Disease History Vs. Disease Hysteria|Kevin Bleyer|October 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST The other day I saw a yellow-bellied woodpecker alight upon a decaying beech and proceed to drill for a grub. Ways of Nature|John Burroughs As the yellow-bellied woodpecker was the most abundant species in these woods, I attributed it to him. A Year in the Fields|John Burroughs The scarcity of this bird, and the absence of the red-bellied and the yellow-bellied, were among the surprises of my visit. Spring notes from Tennessee|Bradford Torrey
Among other birds which occurred in this day's march, we noticed the yellow-bellied fly catcher and the obscure wren. Early Western Travels 1748-1846, Volume XVI|Various "Wal, you yellow-bellied neutrals," he said, his voice cold and his eyes hard. A Man to His Mate|J. Allan Dunn
Words related to yellow-bellieddastardly, mean-spirited, invertebrate, chicken, yellow, afraid, cowardly, debilitated, enervated, fearful, feeble, nervous, petrified, spineless, timid, weak, frightened, gutless, impotent, inadequate |