black-bodied

They are hairy, black-bodied, long-legged danglers, with a swollen, slightly humped thorax and, in the males, rounded goggle-eyes.

Country diary: Claxton, Norfolk 2010

Among the black-bodied spiders is one especially conspicuous type, with long graceful legs and an abdomen the size of a prune.

The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004

There are black-bodied birds with long beaks, red-and-black birds with hooked beaks, greenish birds with delicate scimitars, parrot-beaked birds with olive wings and yellow eyebrows, birds that resemble goldfinches except for their blue beaks and black masks, on and on to the thirtieth permutation.

The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004

Among the black-bodied spiders is one especially conspicuous type, with long graceful legs and an abdomen the size of a prune.

The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004

Can Nafus and Schreiner tell me the name of the black-bodied spider as big as a prune?

The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004

Can Nafus and Schreiner tell me the name of the black-bodied spider as big as a prune?

The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004

There are black-bodied birds with long beaks, red-and-black birds with hooked beaks, greenish birds with delicate scimitars, parrot-beaked birds with olive wings and yellow eyebrows, birds that resemble goldfinches except for their blue beaks and black masks, on and on to the thirtieth permutation.

The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004

She was nearly three feet from head to tail, thick and broad-shouldered, black-bodied and touched with gold on her neck.

Sovereigns of the Sky 2001

She was nearly three feet from head to tail, thick and broad-shouldered, black-bodied and touched with gold on her neck.

Sovereigns of the Sky 2001

Harry recognised the black-bodied and bearded Bane, whom he had met nearly four years ago on the same night he had met Firenze.

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Rowling, J. K. 2003