Meanings
- uncountableMarkings that appear on the underside of something. Usually used to describe an animal.
Color: Dark red with white undermarkings and patches of white on the body.
2015 September 15, Kristin J. Holtgrew-Bohling, Large Animal Clinical Procedures for Veterinary Technicians, Elsevier Health Sciences, page 4202 more examples
Dr. Latham says, that the eggs are of a cinereous grey, whimsically marked with deep brownish black patches of irre gular sizes and shapes, besides some undermarkings of a dusky hue.
1812, British Zoology, volume 2, Wilkie and Robinson, page 145Before flying away, he strutted his feathers so that I could observe his yellow undermarkings.
1997, David Loxterkamp, A Measure of My Days: The Journal of a Country Doctor, UPNE, page 285
Origin
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