| golden parachute | giving top executives lucrative benefits that must be paid by the acquirer if they are discharged after a takeover |
| 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 |
| golden algae | algae having the pigments chlorophyll and carotene and xanthophyll |
| yellow-green algae | any alga of the division Chrysophyta with its chlorophyll masked by yellow pigment |
golden shiner
Notemigonus crysoleucas | shiner of eastern North America having golden glints, sometimes also called `bream' |
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 |
golden oriole
Oriolus oriolus | bright yellow songbird with black wings |
golden eagle
Aquila chrysaetos | large eagle of mountainous regions of the northern hemisphere having a golden-brown head and neck |
slider
yellow-bellied terrapin
Pseudemys scripta | freshwater turtle of United States and South America, frequently raised commercially, some young sold as pets |
| collared lizard | any of several robust long-tailed lizards with collars of two dark bands, of central and western United States and northern Mexico |
golden pheasant
Chrysolophus pictus | brightly colored crested pheasant of mountains of western and central Asia |
| macaw | long-tailed brilliantly colored parrot of Central America and South America, among the largest and showiest of parrots |
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 |
| golden mole | mole of southern Africa having iridescent guard hairs mixed with the underfur |
| golden plover | plovers of Europe and America having the backs marked with golden-yellow spots |
| golden retriever | an English breed having a long silky golden coat |
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 |
| goldeneye golden-eyed fly | a variety of green lacewing |
collared pika
Ochotona collaris | similar to little chief hare and may be same species |
golden hamster
Syrian hamster
Mesocricetus auratus | small lightolored hamster often kept as a pet |
Hudson bay collared lemming
Dicrostonyx hudsonius | of northern Canada |
collared peccary
javelina
Tayassu angulatus
Tayassu tajacu
Peccari angulatus | dark grey peccary with an indistinct white collar, of semi desert areas of Mexico and southwestern United States |
yellow-throated marten
Charronia flavigula | large yellow and black marten of southern China and Burma |
angwantibo
golden potto
Arctocebus calabarensis | a kind of lemur |
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 |
| golden calf | (Old Testament) an idol made by Aaron for the Israelites to worship, destroyed by Moses, it is now used to refer to anything worshipped undeservedly |
| Golden Gate Bridge | a suspension bridge across the Golden Gate |
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 |
| golden mean | the middle between extremes |
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 |