yel·low·ham·mer (y l  -h m  r)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. [By folk etymology from earlier yelambre, perhaps from Middle English *yelwambre : yelow, yellow; see yellow + Old English amore, a kind of bird.] |
yellowhammer [ˈjɛləʊˌhæmə]
n
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a European bunting, Emberiza citrinella, having a yellowish head and body and brown streaked wings and tail
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) US and Canadian an informal name for the yellow-shafted flicker, an American woodpecker (see flicker2)
[of uncertain origin]
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| Noun | 1. |  yellowhammer - large flicker of eastern North America with a red neck and yellow undersurface to wings and tailflicker - North American woodpecker |
| 2. |  yellowhammer - European bunting the male being bright yellowbunting - any of numerous seed-eating songbirds of Europe or North America Emberiza, genus Emberiza - Old World buntings |
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