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| bellied |
having a belly of a particular kind (used in combination). |
| bellyband |
a girth or cinch around the belly of an animal, such as the band used to hold a saddle on a horse. |
| belly-flop |
a dive, usu. done accidentally, in which most of the impact is taken by the diver's belly hitting flat against the water's surface. [3 definitions] |
| blackbuck |
a long-horned antelope native to India that has a brownish-black back and a white belly. |
| gut |
(informal) the abdomen; belly. [1/11 definitions] |
| kangaroo |
a mammal with long pointed ears, short front legs, and big, powerful back legs. Kangaroos use their large tails for balance when hopping. Kangaroos are marsupials that live in Australia and New Guinea. The females have a pouch in their belly, where they carry their baby for a few months after it is born. Some kinds of kangaroos are as small as rabbits; other kinds are as large as grown humans. |
| koala |
a mammal with gray fur, round ears, and a short black nose. Koalas are marsupials and live in trees. The female has a pouch in her belly where she carries her baby. Koalas are only found in Australia. They are sometimes called "koala bears," but they are not related to true bears. |
| marsupial |
an animal in a group of mammals that includes kangaroos and opossums. Female marsupials have a pouch outside their belly where the mother carries her young after they are born. Most marsupials live in Australia. |
| minke whale |
a small, fast-moving whale having furrows on its light belly and throat and a dorsal fin. |
| mud snake |
a bluish black burrowing snake of the southeastern United States, having a red belly and a nonpoisonous spine at the tip of the tail. |
| opossum |
a small mammal with gray fur, a pointed nose, and a long tail, which it uses to hang from tree branches. The common opossum is the only marsupial that lives in North America. Several other kinds of opossums live in Central and South America. The female opossum carries her young in a pouch in her belly. [1/2 definitions] |
| paunch |
the belly or abdomen, esp. a large protruding belly. |
| salt pork |
pork fat with little meat that is taken from the back, sides, or belly of a pig and cured in salt. |
| stomach |
the front part of the body below the chest; belly. [1/3 definitions] |
| ventral |
of, pertaining to, or situated on or near the belly; abdominal. [1/2 definitions] |
| yellowthroat |
a small American warbler with a yellow throat, a white belly, an olive-brown back, and on the male, a black mask. |
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