yellowbelly

== English == === Etymology === From yellow +‎ belly. (someone from Lincolnshire or Isle of Ely): An allusion to the frogs and yellow-bellied eels caught there. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈjɛləʊbɛli/ === Noun === yellowbelly (plural yellowbellies) (informal) A coward. Synonyms: chicken; see also Thesaurus:coward (UK, slang) Someone from Lincolnshire, or from the Isle of Ely. (Ireland, slang) Someone from Wexford. (Australia) A golden perch (Macquaria ambigua). 1994, Rita Huggins & Jackie Huggins, Auntie Rita, in Heiss & Minter, Macquarie PEN Anthology of Aboriginal Literature, Allen & Unwin 2008, p. 151: The creeks gave us lots of food, too—yellow belly and jew, perch and eel. (informal) A yellow-bellied sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius). Hypernyms: woodpecker < bird < animal < creature Coordinate term: redbelly ==== Derived terms ==== yellow-bellied ==== Related terms ==== yellowbelly slider, yellow-bellied slider (Trachemys scripta scripta) ==== Translations ==== ==== References ==== (someone from Lincolnshire or Isle of Ely): John Camden Hotten (1873), The Slang Dictionary