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northern redbelly dace

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noun Ichthyology.

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

Origin:
1945–50, Americanism; red¹ + belly

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northern redbelly dace

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