yellowbelly

noun

1

a

: pumpkinseed sense 1

b

: squawfish sense 1

c

: callop

d

New Zealand : any of several flatfishes (as Ammotretis guntheri) that are important market fish

e

southern Africa : a guasa (Epinephelus guaza)

2

: yellow berry sense 2

3

: one who is yellow : coward

was called a yellowbelly when he would not enlist at the beginning of the war

4

a

dated, disparaging + offensive : a person having yellowish or light brown skin

b

Southwest, dated, disparaging + offensive : mexican

Word History

Etymology

yellow entry 1 + belly

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