underside
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Apart from subtle differences in body size and vocalizations, it closely resembles other gentoos, with the familiar white underside and black back that help penguins avoid predators and hunt prey in the ocean.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026
The brain tumour, he said, was like "a monster with tentacles spreading across the underside of my brain the width of a baseball".
From BBC ● May 13, 2026
They often keep the underside of each slab as it is instead of flattening the bottoms.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 8, 2026
It was all a stimulating change from opera-house productions, which often lean on 18th-century elegance instead of exploring the seamy underside and corruption of the demimonde that is at the heart of the piece.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 17, 2026
As he squinted up at the underside of the chin, color caught Lazlo’s eyes.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
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
Rignot said the project helped him and his colleagues develop a better understanding of the behavior of seawater on undersides of Thwaites Glacier.
From Science Daily ● May 20, 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
Of the undersides of the shelves in the closet.
From "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close" by Jonathan Safran Foer
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