Yel"lows (?), n.
1. Far.
A disease of the bile in horses, cattle, and sheep, causing yellowness of the eyes; jaundice.
His horse . . . sped with spavins, rayed with the yellows.
Shak.
2. Bot.
A disease of plants, esp. of peach trees, in which the leaves turn to a yellowish color; jeterus.
3. Zool.
A group of butterflies in which the predominating color is yellow. It includes the common small yellow butterflies. Called also redhorns, and sulphurs. See Sulphur.
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