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yellowhammer
[ yel-oh-ham-er ]
noun
- a common European bunting, Emberiza citrinella, the male of which is marked with bright yellow.
- Chiefly Southern U.S. a flicker, Colaptes auratus, having yellow wing and tail linings.
yellowhammer
/ ˈjɛləʊˌhæmə /
noun
- a European bunting, Emberiza citrinella, having a yellowish head and body and brown streaked wings and tail
- the yellow-shafted flicker, an American woodpecker See flicker 2
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Word History and Origins
Origin of yellowhammer1
1550–60; earlier also yelamber, yelambre, probably continuing Old English *geolu-amore, equivalent to geolu yellow + amore presumably, the bunting (cognate with Old Saxon amer, Old High German amaro; emberizine ); forms with -h- perhaps reflect blending with another etymon, later conformed to hammer (compare dial. yellowham )
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Word History and Origins
Origin of yellowhammer1
C16: of uncertain origin
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Example Sentences
Each man wore upon his head a down head-net, a pair of trembler plumes, and a yellowhammer-feather forehead-band.
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Upon the head was a feather tuft, a yellowhammer-feather forehead-band, two trembler plumes and some down.
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There have been examples of chaffinches pairing with female canaries, and it has been said with a female yellowhammer.
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Independently of the beak, this bird may be taken for a female yellowhammer, as it resembles it so much in its shape and plumage.
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They are about the size of the yellowhammer, six inches and a half in length, of which the tail measures two.
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