YELLOWHAMMER

noun Etymology: alteration of earlier yelambre, from Middle English *yelwambre, from yelwe yellow + *ambre ~, from Old English amore; akin to Old High German amaro ~, amari emmer Date: 1587 a common Palearctic finch ( Emberiza citrinella of the family Emberizidae) having the male largely yellow and chestnut, yellow-shafted flicker