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yellow-hammer

yellow-hammer is the alternative spelling of yellowhammer.

Meaning of yellowhammer

Noun

yellowhammer (plural yellowhammers)

  1. A passerine bird, Emberiza citrinella, of western Eurasia, which is mainly yellow in colour.
  2. (US) The northern flicker, Colaptes auratus, a woodpecker with yellow underwings and undertail and often other yellowish underparts; one of its ways of feeding is to hammer on trees to find insects (adults and larvae) to eat.
  3. A native or resident of the American state of Alabama.

Forms of yellow-hammer

pluralyellow-hammers

Questions about yellow-hammer

What is yellow-hammer the alternative spelling of?
Yellow-hammer is the alternative spelling of yellowhammer.

Words near yellow-hammer in the dictionary

  1. yellow-green brushfinches
  2. yellow-green vireo
  3. yellow-green vireos
  4. yellow-greens
  5. yellow-haired
  6. yellow-hammer
  7. yellow-hammers
  8. yellow-headed amazon
  9. yellow-headed amazons
  10. yellow-headed blackbird
  11. yellow-headed blackbirds

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