yellowhammer

an especially yellow yellowhammer

Meaning

A passerine bird, Emberiza citrinella, of western Eurasia, which is mainly yellow in colour.
The northern flicker, Colaptes auratus.
A native or resident of the American state of Alabama.

Alteration (influenced by hammer) of earlier yelambre, yelamber, from Middle English *yelwambre, from yelwe + *ambre, from Old English amore, related to Old High German amaro ("yellowhammer") (see modern German Ammer).

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