belly
has definitions from the field of zoology
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[ noun ] (zoology) the region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax and the pelvis
Used in print (Francis Pollini, Night....)They 'd cut their mothers ' belly open . (Howard Fast, April Morning....)Isaac_Pitt , one of the men from Lincoln , had taken a musket_ball in his belly ; and though he had found the strength to run with us , now he collapsed and lay on the ground , dying , the Reverend holding his head and wiping his hot brow . (W. H. Gass, "The Pedersen Kid," in The...)That 's why I only put towels on his chest and belly . (Octavia Waldo, A Cup of the Sun....)His head undulated gradually , covering space , to come straining beneath the taut belly within the warmth of those teats . But the boy could see only the goat 's belly . |
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[ noun ] a protruding abdomen
Synonyms Used in print (Octavia Waldo, A Cup of the Sun....)The Old_Man 's son threw himself down , belly first , upon a concrete step , taking_in the coolness of it , and dreaming of the day he would be rich . Related terms |
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[ noun ] (zoology) the underpart of the body of certain vertebrates such as snakes or fish
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