silver belly

noun

1. a freshwater eel

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I was thrilled with my silver belly ring, but now my doctor was telling me that if they had to use a defibrillator to revive me during surgery, the metal in that belly ring could lead to electrocution.

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On Sunday, Taubert fitted Anthony Valdez, 21, with a “silver belly” gray cowboy hat to wear at his sister’s June wedding.

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But he cleared the harpoon line and let it run slowly through his raw hands and, when he could see, he saw the fish was on his back with his silver belly up.

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Head, short and pointed and light olive in color; under jaw, white; body, long, slim and rather flattened; back, blue; sides, silver; belly, dull white; dorsal fin, dark; others flesh color; tail, rather narrow and well forked; gills, 13 to 15.

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Block Island and Montauk Point armed with expensive rods & reels, Atlantic market fishermen had been familiar with a hard-headed sea monster with a silver belly, blue-bronze back and corrugated spine.

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