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 |
cyanobacteria blue-green algae | predominantly photosynthetic prokaryotic organisms containing a blue pigment in addition to chlorophyll, occur singly or in colonies in diverse habitats, important as phytoplankton |
yellow-green algae | any alga of the division Chrysophyta with its chlorophyll masked by yellow pigment |
green algae chlorophyte | algae that are clear green in color, often growing on wet ricks or damp wood or the surface of stagnant water |
white-throated sparrow whitethroat Zonotrichia albicollis | common North American finch with a white patch on the throat and black-and-white striped crown |
yellowhammer yellow bunting Emberiza citrinella | European bunting the male being bright yellow |
yellow-breasted bunting Emberiza aureola | common in Russia and Siberia |
green-tailed towhee Chlorura chlorura | towhee of the Rocky Mountains |
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 |
green frog spring frog Rana clamitans | similar to bullfrog, found in or near marshes and ponds, of United States and Canada |
Eurasian green toad Bufo viridis | Eurasian toad with variable chiefly green coloring |
American green toad Bufo debilis | small green or yellow-green toad with small black bars and stripes |
green turtle Chelonia mydas | large tropical turtle with greenish flesh used for turtle soup |
slider yellow-bellied terrapin Pseudemys scripta | freshwater turtle of United States and South America, frequently raised commercially, some young sold as pets |
green lizard Lacerta viridis | a common Eurasian lizard about a foot long |
green snake grass snake | either of two North American chiefly insectivorous snakes that are green in color |
smooth green snake Opheodrys vernalis | of western and central United States |
rough green snake Opheodrys aestivus | of southern and eastern United States |
green snake | any of numerous African colubrid snakes |
green mamba | green phase of the black mamba |
green peafowl Pavo muticus | peafowl of southeast Asia |
cuckoo | any of numerous European and North American birds having pointed wings and a long tail |
European cuckoo Cuculus canorus | common cuckoo of Europe having a distinctive two-note call, lays eggs in the nests of other birds |
black-billed cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus | North American cuckoo, builds a nest and rears its own young |
pheasant coucal pheasant cuckoo Centropus phasianinus | Australian bird with a tail like a pheasant |
green woodpecker Picus viridis | woodpecker of Europe and western Asia |
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 |
greenwing green-winged teal Anas crecca | common teal of Eurasia and North America |
green gland | one of a pair of glands (believed to have excretory functions) in some crustaceans near the base of the large antennae |
lapwing green plover peewit pewit | large crested Old World plover having wattles and spurs |
green June beetle figeater | large greenish June beetle of southern United States |
yellow-fever mosquito Aedes aegypti | mosquito that transmits yellow fever and dengue |
cuckoo-bumblebee | a bee that is parasitic in the nests of bumblebees |
yellow jacket yellow hornet Vespula maculifrons | small yellow-marked social wasp commonly nesting in the ground |
apple aphid green apple aphid Aphis pomi | bright green aphid, feeds on and causes curling of apple leaves |
green peach aphid | yellowish green aphid that is especially destructive to peaches |
green lacewing chrysopid stink fly | pale green unpleasant-smelling lacewing fly having carnivorous larvae |
yellow-throated marten Charronia flavigula | large yellow and black marten of southern China and Burma |
green monkey African green monkey Cercopithecus aethiops sabaeus | common savannah monkey with greenish-grey back and yellow tail |
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 |
Acapulco gold Mexican green | a particularly potent variety of marijuana |
c Bedlam booby hatch crazy house cuckoo's nest funny farm funny house loony bin madhouse nut house nuthouse sanatorium snake pit | pejorative terms for an insane asylum |
cuckoo clock | clock that announces the hours with a sound like the call of the cuckoo |