yellowhammer

See also: yellow hammer and yellow-hammer

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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).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈjɛl.əʊˌhæm.ə(ɹ)/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈjɛl.oʊˌhæm.ɚ/

Noun

yellowhammer (plural yellowhammers)

  2. A passerine bird, Emberiza citrinella, of western Eurasia, which is mainly yellow in colour.
    Synonyms: yellow bunting, ammer, yelamber, yeorling, yowley, yeldrin, yite
  4. (US) 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.
  6. A native or resident of the American state of Alabama.

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