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单词 orange-bellied
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orange-belliedadj.

Brit. /ˈɒrᵻn(d)ʒˌbɛlɪd/, U.S. /ˈɔr(ə)ndʒˌbɛlid/, /ˈɑr(ə)ndʒˌbɛlid/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: orange adj.1, bellied adj.
Etymology: < orange adj.1 + bellied adj.
Having an orange belly. Used chiefly in the names of (frequently Australian) animals and birds, esp. orange-bellied parrot n. a rare parrot with a predominantly green back and wings, Neophema chrysogaster, which is native to western Tasmania but migrates to coastal areas of western Victoria in Australia (formerly called orange-bellied (grass-)parakeet).
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1841 J. Gould Birds Austral. (1848) V. Pl. 39 (caption) Euphema aurantia... Orange-bellied Grass-Parrakeet.
1869 G. Krefft Snakes of Austral. 47 Orange-bellied brown snake. Pseudechis australis... The back and sides are of a bright copper color.
1885 S. H. Hammond & L. W. Mansfield Country Margins & Rambles Journalist 326 River trout... Beautiful yellow or orange-bellied fellows, of from one to three pounds in weight.
1913 J. Masefield Daffodil Fields 63 An orange-bellied turtle scooped the mud.
1955 C. Barrett Austral. Animal Bk. (ed. 2) xxxix. 286 The king brown snake (P[seudechis] australis), also called mulga snake, orange-bellied snake, and the Darwin brown snake, is a northern form.
1966 W. R. Eastman & A. C. Hunt Parrots Austral. 157 Orange-bellied parrot.
1997 New Scientist 29 Mar. 12/3 Conservationists..fear that accidents at the storage site could threaten the endangered orange-bellied parrot, Neophema chrysogaster.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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