YELLOWHAMMER


Meaning of YELLOWHAMMER in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈye-lō-ˌha-mər, ˈye-lə- ]

noun

Etymology: alteration of earlier yelambre, from Middle English * yelwambre, from yelwe yellow + * ambre yellowhammer, from Old English amore; akin to Old High German amaro yellowhammer, amari emmer

Date: 1587

1. : a common Palearctic finch ( Emberiza citrinella of the family Emberizidae) having the male largely yellow and chestnut — called also yellow bunting

2. : yellow-shafted flicker

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.