yellow-bellied
English
adj
Definitions
- Of an animal or reptile having a yellow underside or belly.
- (figuratively) Uncourageous, cowardly.
Etymology
Compound from English yellow (a colour like that of copper, yellow flag) + English bellied.
Origin
English
bellied
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Yellowknife English
- Yellowstone English
- antiyellow English
- bellied English
- beyellowed English
- full-course yellow English
- infrayellow English
- nonyellow English
- potbellied English
- unyellow English
- yeldrin English
- yellow English
- yellow bone English
- yellow-green English
- yellow-red English
- yellowback English
- yellowbelly English
- yellowberry English
- yellowbill English
- yellowbird English
- yellowcake English
- yellowcress English
- yellowen English
- yelloweye English
- yellowface English
- yellowfin English
- yellowfish English
- yellowhead English
- yellowhorn English
- yellowish English
- yellowjacket English
- yellowly English
- yellowmouth English
- yellowness English
- yellowroot English
- yellowseed English
- yellowshanks English
- yellowshins English
- yellowtail English
- yellowthroat English
- yellowtop English
- yellowware English
- yellowwood English
- yellowwort English
- yellowy English
- イエロー Japanese
- yelwe, yelow, yelou Middle English
- iaļo Marshallese
- yelo Tok Pisin
- yelo Bislama
- yellow
- yellowy
- bellied
- yeldrin
- unyellow
- yellowly
- yellowen
- nonyellow
- yelloweye
- yellowfin
- yellowtop
- yellowish
- yellowwort
- yellowbird
- potbellied
- yellowroot
- yellowseed
- yellowwood
- antiyellow
- yellowware
- yellowhead
- yellowfish
- yellowness
- yellowtail
- yellowhorn
- yellowbill
- yellowback
- yellowcake
- beyellowed
- yellow-red
- yellowface
- Yellowstone
- infrayellow
- yellowbelly
- yellow bone
- yellowshins
- yellowberry
- yellowmouth
- Yellowknife
- yellowcress
- yellowthroat
- yellowshanks
- yellowjacket
- yellow-green
- full-course yellow