Yellow-ammer

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Yellowammer \Yel"low*am`mer\, n. (Zool.)
     See {Yellow-hammer}.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Yellowhammer \Yel"low*ham`mer\, n. [For yellow-ammer, where
     ammer is fr. AS. amore a kind of bird; akin to G. ammer a
     yellow-hammer, OHG. amero.] (Zool.)
        (a) A common European finch ({Emberiza citrinella}). The
            color of the male is bright yellow on the breast,
            neck, and sides of the head, with the back yellow and
            brown, and the top of the head and the tail quills
            blackish. Called also {yellow bunting}, {scribbling
            lark}, and {writing lark}. [Written also
            {yellow-ammer}.]
        (b) The flicker. [Local, U. S.]
            [1913 Webster]