yellowhammer

/ˈjɛl.əʊˌhæm.ə(ɹ)/

yellowhammer means A passerine bird, Emberiza citrinella, of western Eurasia, which is mainly yellow in colour.

yellowhammer is pronounced /ˈjɛl.əʊˌhæm.ə(ɹ)/.

Etymology

An alteration (influenced by hammer) of the 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

A passerine bird, Emberiza citrinella, of western Eurasia, which is mainly yellow in colour.
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.
A native or resident of the American state of Alabama.

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Words closest in meaning

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ammer 86% match — The yellowhammer; yellow bunting; Emberiza citrinella. vs yellowhammer →
yelamber 81% match — A yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella). vs yellowhammer →
yeldrin 75% match — The yellowhammer. vs yellowhammer →
yeorling 75% match — The yellowhammer. vs yellowhammer →
yite 74% match — The yellowhammer. vs yellowhammer →
yorling 71% match — yellowhammer vs yellowhammer →
yowley 70% match — The European yellowhammer. vs yellowhammer →
yellowbird 62% match — The yellow warbler vs yellowhammer →