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 |
cownose ray cow-nosed ray Rhinoptera bonasus | large ray found along eastern coast of North America |
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 |
leaf-nosed snake | any of various pale blotched snakes with a blunt snout of southwestern North America |
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 |
starnose mole star-nosed mole Condylura cristata | amphibious mole of eastern North America having pink fleshy tentacles around the nose |
albatross mollymawk | large web-footed birds of the southern hemisphere having long narrow wings, noted for powerful gliding flight |
wandering albatross Diomedea exulans | very large albatross, white with wide black wings |
black-footed albatross gooney gooney bird goonie goony Diomedea nigripes | a variety of albatross with black feet |
bottle-nosed whale bottlenose whale bottlenose Hyperoodon ampullatus | northern Atlantic beaked whale with a bulbous forehead |
bottlenose dolphin bottle-nosed dolphin bottlenose | any of several dolphins with rounded forehead and well-developed beak, chiefly of northern Atlantic and Mediterranean |
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 |
leafnose bat leaf-nosed bat | bat having a leaflike flap at the end of the nose, especially of the families Phyllostomatidae and Rhinolophidae and Hipposideridae |
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 |
conenose cone-nosed bug conenose bug big bedbug kissing bug | large bloodsucking bug |
hog-nosed skunk hognosed skunk badger skunk rooter skunk Conepatus leuconotus | large naked-muzzled skunk with white back and tail, of southwestern North America and Mexico |
hog badger hog-nosed badger sand badger Arctonyx collaris | southeast Asian badger with a snout like a pig |
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 |
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 |
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 |
albatross millstone | (figurative) something that hinders or handicaps, she was an albatross around his neck |
yellow journalism tabloid tab | sensationalist journalism |
yellow-dog contract | a labor contract (now illegal) whereby the employee agrees not to join a trade union |
yellow light | the signal to proceed with caution |
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 |
yellow squash | squash having yellow skin and yellowish flesh and usually elongated neck |