as in stomachs
the part of the body between the chest and the pelvis
showed us a tiny tattoo on her abdomen, right next to her belly button
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Recent Examples of abdomens
Four male figures stood before me, their long necks headless, two-thirds of their abdomens replaced by their heads lodged between their solar plexuses and belly buttons.
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Literary Hub, 5 Dec. 2025
The stingers they are equipped with can be up to about a quarter-inch (6 mm) in length and inject a painful venom – which is stored in large quantities in their abdomens – into their victims.
—New Atlas, 5 Dec. 2025
Meanwhile, moths, mantises, and cicadas gather auditory information from similar appendages on their thoraxes or abdomens.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 16 Oct. 2025
Literary Hub, 5 Dec. 2025
The stingers they are equipped with can be up to about a quarter-inch (6 mm) in length and inject a painful venom – which is stored in large quantities in their abdomens – into their victims.
—New Atlas, 5 Dec. 2025
Meanwhile, moths, mantises, and cicadas gather auditory information from similar appendages on their thoraxes or abdomens.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 16 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for abdomens
Noun
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Foodies, get your stomachs and wallets ready.—
Rashad Alexander,
Kansas City Star,
6 Jan. 2026
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Seeing the opportunity, Wendy's hopes to step in and fill the chicken tender-sized hole in spectators' stomachs.—
Irene Wright,
USA Today,
5 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Air freight is carried not only on cargo planes, but also in the bellies of passenger aircraft.—
Orianna Rosa Royle,
Fortune,
9 Nov. 2025
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Their bellies are paler and more yellow.—
Aspen Pflughoeft,
Miami Herald,
30 Oct. 2025
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“Abdomens.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/abdomens. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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