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redbelly dace

red·bel·ly dace
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [red-bel-ee]
    • /rˈedbeli deɪs/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [red-bel-ee]
    • /rˈedbeli deɪs/

Definitions of redbelly dace words

  • noun redbelly dace any of the small, brightly colored North American freshwater cyprinids, especially Phoxinus oreas (northern redbelly dace) and P. erythrogaster (southern redbelly dace) 1
  • noun redbelly dace either of two E North American, brightly colored, freshwater dace fishes (genus Phoxinus) 0

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Origin of redbelly dace

First appearance:

before 1945
One of the 6% newest English words
An Americanism dating back to 1945-50; red1 + belly

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Parts of speech for Redbelly dace

noun
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pronoun
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redbelly dace popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 6% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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