ammer

Plural: ammers

Noun

The yellowhammer; yellow bunting; Emberiza citrinella.

Origin / Etymology

Inherited from Middle English *ambre, from Old English amore. Alternatively, it may be a clipping of yellowhammer or earlier yelambre. Favored over *hammer due to the influence of its German cognate and synonym Ammer (“bunting”) and its predecessors, Middle High German amer and Old High German amaro.

Synonyms

yellow-ammer

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