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YELLOWHAMMER
yellowhammer, yellow bunting, Emberiza citrinella
(noun) European bunting the male being bright yellow
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
yellowhammer (plural yellowhammers)
A passerine bird, Emberiza citrinella, of western Eurasia, which is mainly yellow in colour.
(US) The northern flicker, Colaptes auratus.
A native or resident of the American state of Alabama.
Synonyms
• (Emberiza citronella): yellow bunting, ammer, yelamber, yeorling, yowley, yeldrin, yite
Source: Wiktionary
Yel"low*ham`mer, n. Etym: [For yellow-ammer, where ammer is fr. AS. amore a kind of bird; akin to G. ammer a yellow-hammer, OHG. amero.] (Zoöl.) (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.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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