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redbelly dace

[ red-bel-ee ]

noun

, Ichthyology.
  1. any of the small, brightly colored North American freshwater cyprinids, especially Phoxinus oreas northern redbelly dace and P. erythrogaster southern redbelly dace.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of redbelly dace1

An Americanism dating back to 1945–50; red 1 + belly

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