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redbelly dace

[ red-bel-ee ]

noun

Ichthyology.
  1. any of the small, brightly colored North American freshwater cyprinids, especially Phoxinus oreas northern redbelly dace and P. erythrogaster southern redbelly dace.


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Origin of redbelly dace1

An Americanism dating back to 1945–50; red 1 + belly
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That changed a few years ago when Doug encouraged her to submit a painting of a small fish - a southern redbelly dace - for the Division of Natural Resources’ annual wildlife calendar.

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“He brought home some photos and books on the redbelly dace, and I started working on the painting,†Chambers recalls.

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