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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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