"yellowbelly" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈjɛləʊbɛli/ Audio: En-au-yellowbelly.ogg Forms: yellowbellies [plural]
Etymology: * From yellow + belly. * (someone from Lincolnshire or Isle of Ely): An allusion to the frogs and yellow-bellied eels caught there. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|yellow|belly}} yellow + belly, {{sense|someone from Lincolnshire or Isle of Ely}} (someone from Lincolnshire or Isle of Ely): Head templates: {{en-noun}} yellowbelly (plural yellowbellies)
  1. (informal) A coward. Tags: informal Translations (a coward): страхливец (strahlivec) [masculine] (Bulgarian), coniglio [masculine] (Italian), mammoletta (Italian), pollo (Italian), merlo (Italian), femminuccia (Italian), smidollato (Italian), pappa molle (Italian), pappamolle (Italian), rammollito (Italian), fifone (Italian), codardo (Italian), cortigiano (Italian), mollusco (Italian), vigliacco (Italian), pusillanime (Italian), eunuco (Italian), debole [masculine] (Italian), pisciasotto (Italian), cacasotto (Italian), pauroso (Italian), vile (Italian), toupiore (Maori), amarillo [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-yellowbelly-en-noun-T3Wsec-l Disambiguation of 'a coward': 100 0 0 0
  2. (UK, slang) Someone from Lincolnshire, or from the Isle of Ely. Tags: UK, slang Categories (topical): Demonyms, People Categories (lifeform): Percoid fish
    Sense id: en-yellowbelly-en-noun-Nxwo73se Disambiguation of Demonyms: 1 64 24 12 Disambiguation of People: 0 63 24 13 Disambiguation of Percoid fish: 1 56 23 20 Categories (other): British English, English bahuvrihi compounds, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English bahuvrihi compounds: 2 54 27 18 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 0 58 29 13 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 1 58 19 21 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 1 58 28 13 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 59 28 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 2 64 20 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 2 60 23 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 1 64 21 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 1 62 23 14
  3. (Ireland, slang) Someone from Wexford. Tags: Ireland, slang
    Sense id: en-yellowbelly-en-noun-kOp32Tho Categories (other): Irish English
  4. (Australia) The golden perch, Macquaria ambigua. Tags: Australia
    Sense id: en-yellowbelly-en-noun-ly~I3zOS Categories (other): Australian English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: yellow-bellied Related terms: yellowbelly slider

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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