Etymology
Origin of underpart
Example Sentences
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The breast, belly, and underpart of the wings of this noddy were white; and the back and upper part of its wings of a faint black or smoke colour.
From A Voyage to New Holland by Dampier, William
The underpart is whitish with dark spots on the abdomen.
From On the Trail An Outdoor Book for Girls by Beard, Lina
The exposition, however, that I have made of the errors and defects of other writers, is only an incident, or underpart, of the scheme of this treatise.
From The Grammar of English Grammars by Brown, Goold
John acts a strange underpart at the theatre.
From George Selwyn: His Letters and His Life by Roscoe, E. S.
Seizing opportunity and larva at the same time, the wasp stood high on its legs and pulled the worm's front end from the ground, exposing the yellowed band of the underpart.
From They Twinkled Like Jewels by Farmer, Philip José
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