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YELLOWHAMMER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does yellowhammer mean?
• YELLOWHAMMER (noun)
The noun YELLOWHAMMER has 2 senses:
1. large flicker of eastern North America with a red neck and yellow undersurface to wings and tail
2. European bunting the male being bright yellow
Familiarity information: YELLOWHAMMER used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large flicker of eastern North America with a red neck and yellow undersurface to wings and tail
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Colaptes auratus; yellow-shafted flicker; yellowhammer
Hypernyms ("yellowhammer" is a kind of...):
flicker (North American woodpecker)
Sense 2
Meaning:
European bunting the male being bright yellow
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Emberiza citrinella; yellow bunting; yellowhammer
Hypernyms ("yellowhammer" is a kind of...):
bunting (any of numerous seed-eating songbirds of Europe or North America)
Holonyms ("yellowhammer" is a member of...):
Emberiza; genus Emberiza (Old World buntings)
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