yellowhammer
A passerine bird, Emberiza citrinella, of western Eurasia, which is mainly yellow in…A passerine bird, Emberiza citrinella, of western Eurasia, which is mainly yellow in colour.
» Goldfinches and yellowhammers are twittering in the garden.
Im Garten zwitschern Goldfink und Goldammer.
Meaning
3 sensesA passerine bird, Emberiza citrinella, of western Eurasia, which is mainly yellow in colour.
Goldammer
овся́нка обыкновеннаяovsjánka obyknovennaja
вівсянка звичайнаvivsjanka zvyčajna
(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.
штат золотистого дятлаštat zolotistovo djatla
- European bunting the male being bright yellow
- large flicker of eastern North America with a red neck and yellow undersurface to wings and tail
Examples
1 sentencesGoldfinches and yellowhammers are twittering in the garden.
deIm Garten zwitschern Goldfink und Goldammer. — Esperantostern
Translations
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Origin
An alteration (influenced by hammer) of the earlier yelambre, yelamber, from Middle EnglisAn 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).
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Forms
plural: yellowhammersSynonyms
11 synonyms- European bunting the male being bright yellow:yellow buntingEmberiza citrinella
- large flicker of eastern North America with a red neck and yellow undersurface to wings and tail:yellow-shafted flickerColaptes auratus