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Definition: FISH-BELLIED

Part of Speech Definition
Adjective 1. Bellying or swelling out on the under side; as, a fish-bellied rail.[Websters]
2. Rarely used base adjective of the adverb fish-belliedly.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Adverb Form
(fish-belliedly)
1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective fish-bellied.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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Date "Fish-bellied" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Definition: FISH-BELLIED

Part of SpeechDefinition
Adjective1. Bellying or swelling out on the under side; as, a fish-bellied rail.[Websters]
2. Rarely used base adjective of the adverb fish-belliedly.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Adverb Form
(fish-belliedly)
1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective fish-bellied.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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Date "FISH-BELLIED" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)