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yellowhammer

(-ham′ər)

noun

a small European bunting (Emberiza citrinella) having a yellow head, neck, and breast
☆ yellow-shafted flicker

Origin: altered by folk etym. < earlier yelambre < OE geolu, yellow + amore, a kind of bird, akin to OHG amaro, emmer, a kind of finch that fed on emmer

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noun

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

Origin:

Origin: By folk etymology from earlier yelambre

Origin: , perhaps from Middle English *yelwambre

Origin: : yelow, yellow; see yellow

Origin: + Old English amore, a kind of bird

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