| onion yellow-dwarf virus | the virus that produces stunting and yellowing of the leaves of onion plants |
| potato yellow-dwarf virus | the virus that produces stunting and yellowing of the leaves of potato plants |
| yellow-green algae | any alga of the division Chrysophyta with its chlorophyll masked by yellow pigment |
yellowhammer yellow bunting
Emberiza citrinella | European bunting the male being bright yellow |
yellow-breasted bunting
Emberiza aureola | common in Russia and Siberia |
yellow warbler
golden warbler
yellowbird Dendroica petechia | yellow-throated American wood warbler |
yellow-breasted chat
Icteria virens | American warbler noted for imitating songs of other birds |
slider
yellow-bellied terrapin
Pseudemys scripta | freshwater turtle of United States and South America, frequently raised commercially, some young sold as pets |
| dove | any of numerous small pigeons |
rock dove
rock pigeon
Columba livia | pale grey Eurasian pigeon having black-striped wings from which most domestic species are descended |
mourning dove
Zenaidura macroura | wild dove of the United States having a mournful call |
yellow-shafted flicker
Colaptes auratus
yellowhammer | large flicker of eastern North America with a red neck and yellow undersurface to wings and tail |
yellow-bellied sapsucker
Sphyrapicus varius | eastern North American sapsucker having a pale yellow abdomen |
fruit bat
megabat | large Old World bat of warm and tropical regions that feeds on fruit |
harpy harpy bat
tube-nosed bat
tube-nosed fruit bat | any of various fruit bats of the genus Nyctimene distinguished by nostrils drawn out into diverging tubes |
fruit fly
pomace fly | any of numerous small insects whose larvae feed on fruits |
Mediterranean fruit fly
medfly
Ceratitis capitata | small black-and-white fly that damages citrus and other fruits by implanting eggs that hatch inside the fruit |
yellow-fever mosquito
Aedes aegypti | mosquito that transmits yellow fever and dengue |
yellow jacket
yellow hornet
Vespula maculifrons | small yellow-marked social wasp commonly nesting in the ground |
yellow-throated marten
Charronia flavigula | large yellow and black marten of southern China and Burma |
yellow perch
Perca flavescens | North American perch |
yellow bass
Morone interrupta | North American freshwater bass resembling the larger marine striped bass |
yellow jack
Caranx bartholomaei | fish of western Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico |
yellow goatfish
Mulloidichthys martinicus | schooling goatfish, greyish with yellow stripe |
tub gurnard
yellow gurnard
Trigla lucerna | a kind of gurnard |
| fruit machine | a coin-operated gambling machine that produces random combinations of symbols (usually pictures of different fruits) on rotating dials, certain combinations win money for the player |
pentobarbital sodium
pentobarbital
Nembutal
yellow jacket | a barbiturate (trade name Nembutal) used as a sedative and hypnotic and antispasmodic |
| yellow jack | yellow flag hoist on a ship in quarantine |
yield
fruit | an amount of a product |
yellow
yellowness | yellow color or pigment, the chromatic color resembling the hue of sunflowers or ripe lemons |
canary yellow
canary | a moderate yellow with a greenish tinge |
| brownish yellow | a yellow color of low lightness with a brownish tinge |
gamboge
lemon
lemon yellow
maize | a strong yellow color |
orange yellow
saffron | a shade of yellow tinged with orange |
pale yellow
straw
wheat | a variable yellow tint, dull yellow, often diluted with white |
| greenish yellow | a shade of yellow tinged with green |
yellow green
yellowish green
chartreuse
Paris green
pea green | a shade of green tinged with yellow |
yellow marrow
yellow bone marrow | bone marrow that is yellow with fat, found at the ends of long bones in adults |
yellow bile
choler | a humor that was once believed to be secreted by the liver and to cause irritability and anger |
macula
macula lutea
macular area
yellow spot | a small yellowish central area of the retina that is rich in cones and that mediates clear detailed vision |
| forbidden fruit | originally an apple from the tree of knowledge of good and evil in the Garden of Eden, it is now used to refer to anything that is tempting but dangerous (as sexuality) |
yellow journalism
tabloid tab | sensationalist journalism |
| yellow-dog contract | a labor contract (now illegal) whereby the employee agrees not to join a trade union |
| fruit of the poisonous tree | a rule that once primary evidence is determined to have been illegally obtained any secondary evidence following from it may also not be used |
| yellow light | the signal to proceed with caution |
| dove | an emblem of peace |
| yellow pages | a telephone directory or section of a directory (usually printed on yellow paper) where business products and services are listed alphabetically by field along with classified advertising |
| fruit | the consequence of some effort or action, he lived long enough to see the fruit of his policies |
| fruit cocktail | a mixture of sliced or diced fruits |
candied fruit
succade
crystallized fruit | fruit cooked in sugar syrup and encrusted with a sugar crystals |