yellow-ammer

yellow-ammer
yellow-ammer see ↑yellowhammer below.
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Main Entry:yellow
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yellˈowhammer or (obsolete) yellˈow-ammer noun
A bunting (Emberiza citrinella), so named from the yellow colour of the male (also called yellow bunting)
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Main Entry:yellow

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yellow-ammer

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  • yellow-ammer — 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.] (Zo[ o]l.) (a) A common European finch ({Emberiza citrinella}). The color of the male is bright yellow …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • yellow bunting — 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.] (Zo[ o]l.) (a) A common European finch ({Emberiza citrinella}). The color of the male is bright yellow …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • Ammer (1), die — 1. Die Ammer, plur. die n. Diminut. Ammerchen, Oberdeutsch Ämmerlein, ein Sangvogel mit einem dicken starken Schnabel und schönen gelben Federn auf der Brust; in Franken Ämmerling, in Oberdeutschland Hämmerling, Emmeritz, Embritz, woraus auch der …   Grammatisch-kritisches Wörterbuch der Hochdeutschen Mundart

  • ammer — noun /ˈæmə/ The Yellow hammer; yellow bunting; Emberiza citrinella …   Wiktionary

  • Emberiza citrinella — 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.] (Zo[ o]l.) (a) A common European finch ({Emberiza citrinella}). The color of the male is bright yellow …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • 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.] (Zo[ o]l.) (a) A common European finch ({Emberiza citrinella}). The color of the male is bright yellow on the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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