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Webster 1913 Edition
Yellowhammer
Yel′low-hamˊmer
,Noun.
[For
yellow-ammer
, where ammer
is fr. AS. amore
a kind of bird; akin to G. ammer
a yellow-hammer, OHG. amero
.] (Zool.)
(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.]