"belly-god" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: belly-gods [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} belly-god (plural belly-gods)
  1. A supposed god of appetite, food, and eating.
    Sense id: en-belly-god-en-noun-aFmcc6Jc
  2. (obsolete) A lover of food; a glutton; an epicure. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-belly-god-en-noun-ejZUZkMO Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, People Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 88 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 12 88 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 10 90 Disambiguation of People: 0 100

Inflected forms

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