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redbelly dace

[red-bel-ee]
noun Ichthyology.
  1. any of the small, brightly colored North American freshwater cyprinids, especially Phoxinus oreas (northern redbelly dace) and P. erythrogaster (southern redbelly dace).
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Origin of redbelly dace

An Americanism dating back to 1945–50; red1 + belly
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