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yellowhammer /ˈjɛlə(ʊ)hamə /nounA common Eurasian bunting, the male of which has a yellow head, neck, and breast.- Emberiza citrinella, family Emberizidae (subfamily Emberizinae).
Snipe, red buntings, yellowhammers and even kingfishers are supposedly hereabouts....- The conventional plots also held more weed seeds, which are important to birds such as skylarks and yellowhammers.
- Through the glass door to the step outside, two dozen yellowhammers and sparrows picked up seeds thrown on the snowy concrete.
Origin Mid 16th century: -hammer is perhaps from Old English amore (a kind of bird), possibly conflated with hama 'feathers'. |