bluebelly

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bluebelly

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From blue + belly. The ventral abdomen of the adult lizard is characteristically blue. The soldiers wore blue gaberdines.

noun bluebellies

Sceloporus occidentalis, a North American lizard.
Similar: western fence lizard
historical A Yankee; a Union soldier during the American civil war. The 'bluebelly' instantly disclosed that the troops were Confederate.
Similar: bluecoat · Opposite: graycoat, greycoat, grayback, greyback

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@misc{bluebelly_2026,
  title = {bluebelly},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bluebelly},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}