Definition of "yellowbelly" in English

noun

1. (informal) A coward.

2. (UK, slang) Someone from Lincolnshire, or from the Isle of Ely.

3. (Ireland, slang) Someone from Wexford.

4. (Australia) A golden perch (Macquaria ambigua).

   • The creeks gave us lots of food, too—yellow belly and jew, perch and eel.

5. (informal) A yellow-bellied sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius).