yel|low|ham|mer

yel|low|ham|mer
yel|low|ham|mer «YEHL oh HAM uhr», noun,
1. a European bunting with a bright-yellow head, throat, and breast.
2. U.S. the yellow-shafted flicker.
[alteration of earlier yelambre, probably < Old English geolu yellow + Middle English amore, omer, or emer a kind of bird]

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