yellowish-brown

Example Sentences

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They can be identified by their shovel-like head and yellowish-brown, striped body.

From National Geographic • Aug. 4, 2023

Scientists say they spotted more than 13 million tons of Sargassum, a yellowish-brown seaweed, drifting in the Atlantic Ocean last month — a record for the month of March.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 22, 2023

But this unassuming yellowish-brown pest causes up to a billion dollars’ worth of damage to U.S. corn crops every year.

From Scientific American • Sep. 30, 2021

Twenty miles downstream, the water runs a yellowish-brown.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 8, 2016

There the candlemaker’s rack, the pan where Pilate’s homemade soap hardened into a yellowish-brown slab.

From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison