yellowhammer
Plural: yellowhammers
Noun
- large flicker of eastern North America with a red neck and yellow undersurface to wings and tail
- European bunting the male being bright yellow
- A passerine bird, Emberiza citrinella, of western Eurasia, which is mainly yellow in colour.
- The northern flicker, Colaptes auratus, a woodpecker with yellow underwings and undertail and often other yellowish underparts; one of its ways of feeding is to hammer on trees to find insects (adults and larvae) to eat.
- A native or resident of the American state of Alabama.
Origin / Etymology
Alteration (influenced by hammer) of earlier yelambre, yelamber, from Middle English *yelwambre, from yelwe (“yellow”) + *ambre (“yellowhammer”), from Old English amore, related to Old High German amaro (“yellowhammer”) (see modern German Ammer).
Synonyms
ammer, Colaptes auratus, Emberiza citrinella, yelamber, yeldrin, yellow bunting, yellow-shafted flicker, yeorling, yite, yowley
Scrabble Score: 25
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