<entry id="1983837" stat="A" corpus="jmdict" type="jmdict">
<ent_corp type="jmdict">jmdict</ent_corp>
<ent_seq>1501240</ent_seq>
<k_ele>
<keb>腹ばい</keb>
</k_ele>
<k_ele>
<keb>腹這い</keb>
</k_ele>
<r_ele>
<reb>はらばい</reb>
</r_ele>
<sense>
<pos>&n;</pos>
<gloss>lying on one's belly</gloss>
<gloss>crawling on one's belly</gloss>
<gloss>belly crawl</gloss>
</sense>
<info>
<audit time="2012-04-12 18:13:39" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_name>Francis</upd_name>
<upd_detl>When I was searching for the text which I was reading, nothing came up. A look in the other dictionaries gave the result. There is a good measure of Google hits for the suggested entry. The suggested entry seems to be the predominant one.

The following entries also exist:-
腹ばい 【はらばい】 (n) creep; LS
腹ばい 【はらばい】 (?) ???; RH 
腹ばいで進む 【はらばいですすむ】 (vi) to crawl; creep on one's belly; creep on one's stomach
腹ばいに 【はらばいに】 on one's belly; WI1
腹ばいになってズルズル進む 【はらばいになってズルズルすすむ】 slither about on one's stomach
腹ばいになって少しずつ進む 【はらばいになってすこしずつすすむ】 inch on one's stomach
腹ばいになる 【はらばいになる】 crawl on one's stomach; lay on one's stomach; WI1
腹ばいに寝る 【はらばいにねる】 sleep on one's abdomen; WI1
腹ばい型 【？】 sprawling stance; WI2</upd_detl>
<upd_refs>See below.</upd_refs>
<upd_diff>@@ -4,0 +4,3 @@
+&lt;k_ele&gt;
+&lt;keb&gt;腹ばい&lt;/keb&gt;
+&lt;/k_ele&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2012-04-12 19:00:37" stat="A">
<upd_uid>rene</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Rene Malenfant</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_refs>674k hits for 腹ばい
161k hits for 腹這い</upd_refs>
</audit>
<audit time="2018-07-08 08:25:46" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_uid>johan</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Johan Råde</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_refs>gg5 koj daijs</upd_refs>
<upd_diff>@@ -15,0 +16,2 @@
+&lt;gloss&gt;crawling on one's belly&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;belly crawl&lt;/gloss&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2018-07-08 11:42:27" stat="A">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
</audit>
</info>
</entry>