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  • noun Plural form of underbelly.

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Examples

  • Their underbellies were a mottled green, and they were coated in a coagulated substance that dripped from them like thick jelly.

    Star Trek Voyager Mosaic Jeri Taylor 1996

  • Their underbellies were a mottled green, and they were coated in a coagulated substance that dripped from them like thick jelly.

    Mosaic Jeri Taylor 1996

  • Their underbellies were a mottled green, and they were coated in a coagulated substance that dripped from them like thick jelly.

    Star Trek Voyager Mosaic Jeri Taylor 1996

  • You see, real gangsters do more than run drug rings, racketeering and prostitution operations in the seedy underbellies of major cities.

    Larger Than Lyfe Cynthia Diane Thornton 2011

  • You see, real gangsters do more than run drug rings, racketeering and prostitution operations in the seedy underbellies of major cities.

    Larger Than Lyfe Cynthia Diane Thornton 2011

  • Why don't well-run companies with well-regarded products and reputable brands protect their electronic underbellies?

    Have You Been Hacked This Week? Michael Coorey 2011

  • Thayer noticed that some animals have dark backs and white underbellies, she said.

    Military camouflage evolved from collaboration of art, science 2011

  • They each have a cage attached to their underbellies in which they keep the rat until they can return to the laboratory.

    TeeMorris.com » Blog Archive » GUEST BLOGPOST: Wherein the Tinker’s Art Is Discussed 2010

  • This week revealed one of the businesses underbellies, and who better to personify that than Newman from Seinfeld!

    TV Insider : Bev Vincent 2009

  • Called a "laureate of American lowlife" by Time in 1986, Bukowski also frequently covered the lives of poor Americans, underpaid drudgery, and depraved, urban underbellies.

    Network Awesome: Alcohol and Charles Bukowski Network Awesome 2011

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