yellowbelly

1a : pumpkinseed sense 1

b : squawfish sense 1

c : callop

d New Zealand : any of several flatfishes (as Ammotretis guntheri) that are important market fish

e southern Africa : a guasa (Epinephelus guaza)

2 : yellow berry sense 2

3 : one who is yellow : coward was called a yellowbelly when he would not enlist at the beginning of the war

4a dated, disparaging + offensive : a person having yellowish or light brown skin

b Southwest, dated, disparaging + offensive : mexican

Definition of yellowbelly