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Definition of yellow-bellied adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

yellow-bellied

adjective

/ˈjeləʊ belid/

/ˈjeləʊ belid/

[usually before noun] (old-fashioned, informal, disapproving)

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not brave; easily frightened synonym cowardly (1)Topics Personal qualitiesc2

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