bluebelly

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Sceloporus occidentalis, a North American lizard.
  2. A Yankee; a Union soldier during the American civil war.

Word forms

bluebelly bluebellies

Etymology

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

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