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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024yel•low•ham•mer (yel′ō ham′ər),USA pronunciation n. - Birdsa common European bunting, Emberiza citrinella, the male of which is marked with bright yellow.
- Birds[Chiefly Southern U.S.]a flicker, Colaptes auratus, having yellow wing and tail linings.
- 1550–60; earlier also yelamber, yelambre, probably continuing Old English *geolu-amore, equivalent. to geolu yellow + amore presumably, the bunting (cognate with Old Saxon amer, Old High German amaro; see emberizine); forms with -h- perh. reflect blending with another etymon, later conformed to hammer (compare dialect, dialectal yellowham)
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: yellowhammer /ˈjɛləʊˌhæmə/ n - a European bunting, Emberiza citrinella, having a yellowish head and body and brown streaked wings and tail
Etymology: 16th Century: of uncertain origin |