Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A local name in Massachusetts of a variety of the alewife, Clupea vernalis.
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Examples
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What with all these blackbelly clouds she couldn't tell -- it might as well be the last minutes of dusk.
Seventh Son Card, Orson Scott 1987
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This confusion is common in infantile speech, e.g. I have heard a small child express great satisfaction at the presence on the table of "blackbelly dam."
The Romance of Names Ernest Weekley 1909
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Hello, blackbelly rosefish, John dory and splendid alfonsino.
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Hello, blackbelly rosefish, John dory and splendid alfonsino.
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Though monkfish remain rare in Greenland, they appear to be taking advantage to the island's warmer sea temperatures-as are fellow relatively shallow-water species, including Mueller's pearlsides, whiting, blackbelly rosefish, and snake pipefish.
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Though monkfish remain rare in Greenland, they appear to be taking advantage to the island's warmer sea temperatures-as are fellow relatively shallow-water species, including Mueller's pearlsides, whiting, blackbelly rosefish, and snake pipefish.
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Janet Nye, a postdoctoral researcher at NOAA's Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC) laboratory in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, and the lead author of the study, looked at annual spring survey data from 1968 to 2007 for stocks ranging from Atlantic cod and haddock to yellowtail and winter flounders, spiny dogfish, Atlantic herring, and less well-known species like blackbelly rosefish.
Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 2009
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People often drop off unwanted kittens at our farm, which I have to take them in! llamas jacob & blackbelly sheep-all well taken care of. used to board at a place that had a camel and peacocks ... pretty fun place rabbits
TheHorse.com News 2009
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Janet Nye, a postdoctoral researcher at NOAA's Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC) laboratory in Woods Hole, Mass. and the lead author of the study, looked at annual spring survey data from 1968 to 2007 for stocks ranging from Atlantic cod and haddock to yellowtail and winter flounders, spiny dogfish, Atlantic herring, and less well-known species like blackbelly rosefish.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009
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