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Emberiza citrinella (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.]
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emberiza citrinella (wn) | Emberiza citrinella
n 1: European bunting the male being bright yellow [syn:
yellowhammer, yellow bunting, Emberiza citrinella] |
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Emberiza citrinella (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.]
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