yellowhammer

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yellowhammer

/ˈjɛl.əʊˌhæm.ə(ɹ)/ UK
/ˈjɛl.oʊˌhæm.ɚ/ US

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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 yellowhammers · yellow-ammer · yellow-hammer

A passerine bird, Emberiza citrinella, of western Eurasia, which is mainly yellow in colour.
Similar: ammer, goldhammer, yelamber, yeorling, yellow bunting, yowley, yeldrin, yite
US 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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noun a passerine bird, Emberiza citrinella

Español	escribano cerillo
한국어	노랑멧새 norangmetsae
日本語	黄青鵐 kiaoji
Português	verdelha, escrevedeira-amarela
Français	bruant jaune
Deutsch	Goldammer
Italiano	zigolo giallo
Ελληνικά	χρυσοτσίχλονο chrysotsíchlono
Română	presură galbenă
Русский	овся́нка обыкновенная ovsjánka obyknovennaja

noun a native or resident of the American state of Alabama

Русский	штат золотистого дятла štat zolotistovo djatla

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@misc{yellowhammer_2026,
  title = {yellowhammer},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/yellowhammer},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}