bellied
having a belly, especially one of a specified kind, size, shape, condition, etc. (usually used in combination): big-bellied.
swelled or puffed out: a bellied sail.
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How to use bellied in a sentence
When Esposito asks students if they’ve seen the island’s local snake — its only snake, the red-bellied racer — they usually say yes.
A Caribbean island gets everyone involved in protecting beloved species | Anna Gibbs | September 27, 2022 | Science NewsEven though the Founders at first blamed meteors, they eventually made “moschetoes” as the yellow-bellied culprit.
Abbas, who many consider yellow-bellied, jumped head first into controversy during his UNGA 2013 spot.
Gray headed and full bellied, he looks less like a soldier of fortune than he a tourist trolling for thrills.
Abdel el-Zabayar: From Parliament to the Frontlines | Mac Margolis | September 15, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTGave those yellow-bellied traitors a strong wihff of the grape.
Scott Goldman, 56, bald, and pot-bellied, was first in line.
Howard Stern Is the Real Star of ‘America’s Got Talent,’ Even Though He’s Just a Judge | Jake Heller | April 13, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTMyiodynastes luteiventris luteiventris Sclater: Sulfur-bellied Flycatcher.
Summer Birds From the Yucatan Peninsula | Erwin E. KlaasAs they went cutting sidewise through the water, the sails bellied taut, with the wind filling and overflowing them.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories | Kate ChopinCalves thus brought up, have often proved light-bellied, indifferent feeders, and decidedly inferior animals.
Domestic Animals | Richard L. AllenI opened a big-bellied one indeed, and found it full of spawn.
The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 1 | Gilbert WhiteThe shad-bellied coat was bad enough—you could take that off, though—but there was something worse that stayed on.
South American Fights and Fighters | Cyrus Townsend Brady
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