Defn: A large squeteague.
YELLOWFISH
Yel"low*fish`, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A rock trout (Pleurogrammus monopterygius) found on the coast of Alaska; — called also striped fish, and Atka mackerel.
YELLOW-GOLDS
Yel"low-golds`, n. (Bot.)
Defn: A certain plant, probably the yellow oxeye. B. Jonson.
YELLOWHAMMER Yel"low*ham`mer, n. Etym: [For yellow-ammer, where ammer is fr. AS. amore a kind of bird; akin to G. ammer a yellow-hammer, OHG. amero.] (Zoöl.) (a) A common European finch (Emberiza citrinella). The color of the male is bright yellow on the breast, neck, and sides of the head, with the back yellow and brown, and the top of the head and the tail quills blackish. Called also yellow bunting, scribbling lark, and writing lark. [Written also yellow-ammer.] (b) The flicker. [Local, U. S.]
YELLOWING
Yel"low*ing, n.
Defn: The act or process of making yellow.
Softened . . . by the yellowing which time has given. G. Eliot.
YELLOWISH
Yel"low*ish, a.
Defn: Somewhat yellow; as, amber is of a yellowish color.
— Yel"low*ish*ness, n.