yellowhammer
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Alternative forms
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).
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.
Translations
a passerine bird, Emberiza citrinella
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a native or resident of the American state of Alabama
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See also
Further reading
yellowhammer on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Emberiza citrinella on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Emberiza citrinella on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
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