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bluebelly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
blue-bel-ly
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Sceloporus occidentalis, a North American lizard.

noun

A Yankee; a Union soldier during the American civil war.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From blue + belly. The ventral abdomen of the adult lizard is characteristically blue. The soldiers wore blue gaberdines.

Inflected Forms

bluebellies (plural)

Synonyms

western fence lizard bluecoat

Antonyms

graycoat greycoat grayback greyback

Questions

What does bluebelly mean?
Sceloporus occidentalis, a North American lizard.
Where does bluebelly come from?
From blue + belly. The ventral abdomen of the adult lizard is characteristically blue. The soldiers wore blue gaberdines.

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