black-belliedadj.
/ˈblakˌbɛlɪd/, U.S. /ˈblækˌbɛlid/ Chiefly in the names of birds and other animals: having a distinctive black belly.
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the world > animals > birds > feather > [adjective] > having particular or same colour feathers > on particular part
red-breasted1609
white-breasted1625
yellow-bellied1674
strawberry-breasted1688
white-fronted1729
blue-backed1752
blue-bellied1753
black-bellied1764
red-backed1766
black-fronted1771
red-fronted1781
blue-collared1788
rose-breasted1801
1764 G. Edwards Gleanings Nat. Hist. III. 335 The black-bellied green Humming-bird.
1814 A. Wilson & G. Ord Amer. Ornithol. IX. 79 Black-bellied Darter, or Snake-bird.
1930 W. M. Mann Wild Animals in & out of Zoo xx. 238 In addition to the birds mentioned there are..white-faced, and black-bellied tree ducks.
1966 R. Silverberg Forgotten by Time 140 Four species of pangolin live there: the long-tailed, white-bellied, black-bellied, and giant pangolin.
2004 T. Wheeler Falklands & S. Georgia 53 Black-bellied storm-petrels..breed on South Georgia.
Compounds
black-bellied plover n. North American the grey plover, Pluvialis squatarola, the male of which in the breeding season has a black face, breast, and belly.Cf. black-breasted plover n. at black-breasted adj. Compounds.
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1813 A. Wilson Amer. Ornithol. VII. 41 Black-bellied Plover... This bird is known in some parts of the country by the name of the large Whistling Field Plover.
1880 Forest & Stream 15 4 Black-bellied plover... On the coast of Virginia..the name of pilot has been given.
1954 Sat. Rev. (U.S.) 17 Apr. 43/2 There's some black-bellied plovers flying there.
2002 Connecticut Wildlife Mar.–Apr. 11/1 The plaintive whistling call of the black-bellied plover epitomizes the essence of wildness.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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adj.1764