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名詞

bluebelly (plural bluebellies)

1. Sceloporus occidentalis, a North American lizard.

   Synonym: western fence lizard

2. (historical) A Yankee; a Union soldier during the American civil war.

   Synonym: bluecoat

   Antonyms: graycoat, greycoat, grayback, greyback

   • 1989, Paul R. Stevenson, Cross a Wide River, →ISBN:

     The 'bluebelly' instantly disclosed that the troops were Confederate.

   • 2007, Harry Turtledove, Fort Pillow: A Novel of the Civil War, St. Martin's Press, →ISBN:

     He almost dropped his end of the plank that had a wounded Federal on it. The bluebelly groaned. The Confederate trooper at the other end of the plank said, “Watch what you're doing, dammit! What the hell's wrong with you, anyways?"