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Definition of: yellowhammer
(yel′ō·ham′ər) noun
1. An Old World bunting (Emberiza citrinella) with the sides of the head, neck, and breast bright yellow, the back yellow and black, and the top of the head and tail feathers blackish.
2. The flicker or golden–winged woodpecker. [Alter. of earlier yelambre, prob. <OE geolo yellow + amore, a kind of bird]
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