yellowhammer (redirected from yellowhammers)

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 [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]

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

Translations

yellowhammer [ˈjeləʊˌhæməʳ] N → escribano m cerillo

yellowhammer [ˈjɛləʊˌhæməʳ] n (Zool) → zigolo giallo

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yellowhammer [ˈjɛləʊˌhæməʳ] n (Zool) → zigolo giallo