“black-bellied”

The following 4 entries include the term black-bellied.

black-bellied plover

noun

: a large plover (Squatarola squatarola or Charadrius squatarola) highly esteemed as a game bird that breeds in the arctic regions of both continents but winters in Africa and South America and differs from related birds in its jet-black throat and underparts when in breeding plumage

black-bellied sandpiper

noun

black-bellied snake

noun

: a common slightly venomous snake (Denisonia signata) widely distributed in eastern Australia that is olive or brownish above with the underparts very dark gray or black

black-bellied whistling-duck

noun

: a chiefly nocturnal whistling-duck (Dendrocygna autumnalis) of the southwestern U.S. that has a red bill and pinkish legs and typically perches in trees


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