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yellowhammer |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Yellowhammer \Yel"low*ham`mer\, n. [For yellow-ammer, where ammer is fr AS amore a kind of bird; akin to G. ammer a yellow-hammer, OHG. amero.] (Zo["o]l.) 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.] From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Flicker \Flick"er\, n. 1. The act of wavering or of fluttering; flucuation; sudden and brief increase of brightness; as the last flicker of the dying flame. 2. (Zo["o]l.) The golden-winged woodpecker ({Colaptes aurutus}); -- so called from its spring note. Called also {yellow-hammer}, {high-holder}, {pigeon woodpecker}, and {yucca}. The cackle of the flicker among the oaks. --Thoureau. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: yellowhammer n 1: large flicker of eastern North America with a red neck and yellow undersurface to wings and tail [syn: {yellow-shafted flicker}, {Colaptes auratus}] 2: European bunting the male being bright yellow [syn: {yellow bunting}, {Emberiza citrinella}]
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