: having a belly of a specified kind
—used in combination
a big-bellied man
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Papa was large, big-bellied, farted often, and smelled of peanuts and sweat.
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Lisa Bubert, Longreads, 30 Nov. 2022
At the end of October, an SCCF employee spotted a single red-bellied cooter, a turtle with a grumpy disposition, attempting to cross the road.
—Scottie Andrew, CNN, 8 Nov. 2022
Four redheads at Jamaica Pond and four more redheads at the Chestnut Hill Reservation, a rough-legged hawk and a glaucous gull at Rumney Marsh and a yellow-bellied sapsucker at Belle Isle.
—Isabela Rocha, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Jan. 2023
Fans soon speculated that George's watercolor was inspired by a greeting card from Wrendale Designs, showing a snowy stag with red-bellied robins perched in the same places.
—Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 30 Dec. 2022
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Lisa Bubert, Longreads, 30 Nov. 2022
At the end of October, an SCCF employee spotted a single red-bellied cooter, a turtle with a grumpy disposition, attempting to cross the road.
—Scottie Andrew, CNN, 8 Nov. 2022
Four redheads at Jamaica Pond and four more redheads at the Chestnut Hill Reservation, a rough-legged hawk and a glaucous gull at Rumney Marsh and a yellow-bellied sapsucker at Belle Isle.
—Isabela Rocha, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Jan. 2023
Fans soon speculated that George's watercolor was inspired by a greeting card from Wrendale Designs, showing a snowy stag with red-bellied robins perched in the same places.
—Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 30 Dec. 2022
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“Bellied.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bellied. Accessed 26 Dec. 2024.
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