Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Somewhat yellow; tinged with yellow.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Tending to be yellow; somewhat yellow; yellowy: as, the yellowish monitor, Varanus flavescens.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Somewhat yellow.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Somewhat
yellow (in colour).
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective of the color intermediate between green and orange in the color spectrum; of something resembling the color of an egg yolk
Etymologies
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Examples
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The trout of the Río Yaqui, Río Mayo, and Río San Lorenzo drainages are characterized by yellowish background colors and a pink rainbow band in mature fish.
Trout and Salmon of North America Robert J. Behnke 2002
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The trout of the Río Yaqui, Río Mayo, and Río San Lorenzo drainages are characterized by yellowish background colors and a pink rainbow band in mature fish.
Trout and Salmon of North America Robert J. Behnke 2002
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The trout of the Río Yaqui, Río Mayo, and Río San Lorenzo drainages are characterized by yellowish background colors and a pink rainbow band in mature fish.
Trout and Salmon of North America Robert J. Behnke 2002
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The trout of the Río Yaqui, Río Mayo, and Río San Lorenzo drainages are characterized by yellowish background colors and a pink rainbow band in mature fish.
Trout and Salmon of North America Robert J. Behnke 2002
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One soft feathery head was in yellowish green, another of more neutral colour; and blending with them were the tints of a few reddish soft-tinted alders below.
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"The slaty colour of Wolf's drawing is probably due to an incorrect conception of Hodgson's term grey, which he defines as a yellowish-grey.
Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon Robert Armitage Sterndale 1870
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Previously thought to be an "animal-only" pigment, bilirubin is best known as the yellowish hue associated with bruises and jaundice sufferers.
innovations-report 2010
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Previously thought to be an "animal-only" pigment, bilirubin is best known as the yellowish hue associated with bruises and
THE MEDICAL NEWS 2010
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Previously thought to be an "animal-only" pigment, bilirubin is best known as the yellowish hue associated with bruises and jaundice sufferers.
innovations-report 2010
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Mmmm, actually the resulting sauce is kind of yellowish, you get this color just by mixing the ingredients really, no secret technique.
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