as in underside
the side or part facing downward from something
the bird's underparts were white
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Recent Examples of underpart
Calliope hummers have glossy green on the back and crown with white underparts.
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Joan Morris,
The Mercury News,
26 July 2019
The adult brown pelican has gray underparts with brown hues, black-brown belly, yellow head and dark brown neck, silver-gray back and wings, with black feathers at the tips.
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Ernie Cowan,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 June 2019
Joan Morris,
The Mercury News,
26 July 2019
The adult brown pelican has gray underparts with brown hues, black-brown belly, yellow head and dark brown neck, silver-gray back and wings, with black feathers at the tips.
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Ernie Cowan,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 June 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for underpart
Noun
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Your yearnings whet the underside of her tongue, as familiar as the thrum of her own pulse.
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All of which could have made her a comic-book heroine with a haunted underside, if the move had a haunted underside.
Noun
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Both of these sightings were enough to convince me to add the summer-ready bottoms to my own wardrobe (seriously, the pants have been living rent-free in my mind since her initial outfit).
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Haiti trails at the bottom with 0.
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“Underpart.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/underpart. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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