redbelly dace

[ red-bel-ee ]

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

Origin of redbelly dace

1
An Americanism dating back to 1945–50; red1 + belly

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