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Yellowhammer
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What's The Definition Of Yellowhammer?
[n] European bunting the male being bright yellow
[n] large flicker of eastern North America with a red neck and yellow undersurface to wings and tail Synonyms | Synonyms for Yellowhammer: Colaptes auratus | Emberiza citrinella | yellow bunting | yellow-shafted flicker Related Terms | Find terms related to Yellowhammer: See Also | bunting | Emberiza | flicker | genus Emberiza Yellowhammer In Webster's Dictionary \Yel"low*ham`mer\, n. [For yellow-ammer, where
ammer is fr. AS. amore a kind of bird; akin to G. ammer a
yellow-hammer, OHG. amero.] (Zo["o]l.)
(a) A common European finch ({Emberiza citrinella}). The
color of the male is bright yellow on the breast, neck,
and sides of the head, with the back yellow and brown,
and the top of the head and the tail quills blackish.
Called also {yellow bunting}, {scribbling lark}, and
{writing lark}. [Written also {yellow-ammer}.]
(b) The flicker. [Local, U. S.]
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