underside
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The snakes are named for their distinctive yellow underside, which contrasts dramatically with their darker top half.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
Scientists discovered that the shape of the underside of the ice shelf strongly affects how seawater circulates below it.
From Science Daily ● May 10, 2026
Ajinomoto, the Japanese food company best known for commercializing monosodium glutamate, used its chemistry knowledge to make a specialized film used in the underside layer of a chip alongside T-glass.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 8, 2026
Max Beier almost put Dortmund ahead in the first half but his effort was deflected by Denis Vavro's last-ditch block onto the underside of the bar.
From Barron's ● Feb. 7, 2026
She peered up, squinting at the underside of the vast metal wings, and the soles of the great angel’s feet, and the sky she could see around the edges.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
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Analysis has shown Punk and Emo had smooth undersides, indicating they likely lived on the seabed.
From BBC ● Jan. 10, 2025
Aescape has heated “hands,” which look like giant pads with touch points on their undersides.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 3, 2024
Certain species, like the pythons, have specialized muscles that connect their ribs directly to their skin, allowing them to use just the skin on their undersides to push against the ground and move forward.
From Slate ● Mar. 8, 2024
Trilobites and other arthropods have rows of dorsal exoskeletal plates on their back and undersides.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 21, 2023
Pale white they were, with speckles, and red-ribbed undersides dark as blood.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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