YELLOWHAMMER


Meaning of YELLOWHAMMER in English

/ ˈjeləʊhæmə(r); NAmE -loʊ-/ noun

a small bird, the male of which has a yellow head, neck and breast

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WORD ORIGIN

mid 16th cent.: -hammer is perhaps from Old English amore (a kind of bird), possibly conflated with hama feathers .

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