yellowhammer

yel·low·ham·mer  (yl-hmr)

n.

1. A small bunting (Emberiza citrinella) of Europe and western Asia having bright yellow plumage on the head, neck, and breast.

2. See yellow-shafted flicker.

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[By folk etymology from earlier yelambre, perhaps from Middle English *yelwambre : yelow, yellow; see yellow + Old English amore, a kind of bird.]

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yellowhammer

Noun

a European songbird with a yellowish head and body [origin unknown]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	yellowhammer - large flicker of eastern North America with a red neck and yellow undersurface to wings and tail Colaptes auratus, yellow-shafted flicker flicker - North American woodpecker
	2.	yellowhammer - European bunting the male being bright yellow Emberiza citrinella, yellow bunting bunting - any of numerous seed-eating songbirds of Europe or North America Emberiza, genus Emberiza - Old World buntings