underside
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In Grenen, the northernmost point in Denmark, Ms. Korsgaard lies in the sand on her belly to inspect the lyrically named green hairstreak, its wings “jade green on the underside, with a metallic sheen.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
Every humpback has a pattern on the underside of their tail -- or fluke -- that is unique "like a human fingerprint", Castro said.
From Barron's ● May 20, 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
To investigate the process, the team combined a highly detailed map of the underside of the Fimbulisen Ice Shelf with a high resolution computer model of the ocean cavity beneath it.
From Science Daily ● May 10, 2026
A small plastic bag had been duct-taped to the underside of the seat.
From "Lawn Boy Returns" by Gary Paulsen
Over two days in July, his team did eight one-hour dives, exploring the undersides of rocky reefs to count the eggs.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
Aescape has heated “hands,” which look like giant pads with touch points on their undersides.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 3, 2024
More walnuts — this time sliced so that their intricate innards are revealed as crisp cross-sections — are attached to the undersides of the beveled-glass tops of coffee tables, like specimens captured on microscope slides.
From New York Times ● May 11, 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
It was deep black, and its wings were blood-red on the undersides.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
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