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yellowhammer definition

yellow·hammer (-ham′ər)

noun

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

Etymology: 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

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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