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1. (n.) yellowhammer
a common Eurasian bunting, Emberiza citrinella, the male of which is marked with bright yellow.
2. yellowhammer
Southern U.S. a flicker, Colaptes auratus auratus, having yellow wing and tail linings.
Etymology: (1550–60; prob. from OE *geolu-amore=geoluyellow+amore presumably, the bunting)
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1. (noun) yellow-shafted flicker, Colaptes auratus, yellowhammer
large flicker of eastern North America with a red neck and yellow undersurface to wings and tail
2. (noun) yellowhammer, yellow bunting, Emberiza citrinella
European bunting the male being bright yellow
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1. (noun) yellowhammer
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
2. (noun) yellowhammer
the flicker
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